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Random Guy
Random Guy

Reputation: 2900

Rename array index in PHP

I want to explode a date but want to rename default index 0,1,2 to year, month, day respectively, I tried but I am not able to figure it out. Here's what am doing right now.

$explode_date = explode("-", "2012-09-28");
echo $explode_date[0]; //Output is 2012
echo $explode_date[1]; //Output is 09
echo $explode_date[2]; //Output is 28

what I want

echo $explode_date['year']; //Output is 2012
echo $explode_date['month']; //Output is 09
echo $explode_date['day']; //Output is 28

Thanks..

Upvotes: 1

Views: 2751

Answers (6)

Stegrex
Stegrex

Reputation: 4024

You'll have to map out the associations:

$explode_date = explode("-", "2012-09-28");
$new_array['year'] = $explode_date[0];
$new_array['month'] = $explode_date[1];
$new_array['day'] = $explode_date[2];

Or, you can use PHP's built in DateTime class (probably better since what you want to do has already been done):

http://www.php.net/manual/en/book.datetime.php

$date = new DateTime('2012-09-28');
echo $date->format('Y');
echo $date->format('m');
echo $date->format('d');

Upvotes: 0

Mark Baker
Mark Baker

Reputation: 212452

$explode_date = array();
list($explode_date['year'],$explode_date['month'],$explode_date['day']) = explode("-", "2012-09-28");

var_dump($explode_date);

Upvotes: 0

complex857
complex857

Reputation: 20753

use array_combine:

$keys = array('year', 'month', 'day');
$values = explode("-", "2012-09-28");
$dates = array_combine($keys, $values);

Upvotes: 6

GordonM
GordonM

Reputation: 31760

$explode_date = array (
    'year' => $explode_date [0],
    'month' => $explode_date [1],
    'day' => $explode_date [2]
);

Upvotes: 0

Arkadiusz 'flies' Rzadkowolski
Arkadiusz 'flies' Rzadkowolski

Reputation: 5827

list($year, $month, $day)  = explode("-", "2012-09-28");
$x = compact('year', 'month', 'day');


var_dump($x);

array
  'year' => string '2012' (length=4)
  'month' => string '09' (length=2)
  'day' => string '28' (length=2)

Upvotes: 1

deceze
deceze

Reputation: 522451

list($date['year'], $date['month'], $date['day']) = explode('-', '2012-09-28');

http://php.net/list

Upvotes: 6

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