Date_format() and date_create() error

[multichild]

I have the following lines of code below -

echo "<td width='80' class='tableData2'>".date_format(date_create($data['Contract_Start']), 'd/m/y')."</td>";
echo "<td width='80' class='tableData2'>".date_format(date_create($data['Contract_End']), 'd/m/y')."</td>";

But they seem to be conflicting creating the following errors

PHP Warning: date_format() expects parameter 1 to be DateTime, boolean given in
PHP Warning: date_create() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given in

[kreut]

Can you echo out your $data[‘Contract_Start’] to make sure that it’s what you think it is?

[multichild]

Hi sure yes,

I was just about to post the code below and see if that was correct

$ContractStart = new DateTime($data['Contract_Start']);
$ContractEnd = new DateTime($data['Contract_End']);

echo "<td width='80' class='tableData2'>".date_format($ContractStart, 'd-m-Y')."</td>";
echo "<td width='80' class='tableData2'>".date_format($ContractEnd, 'd-m-Y')."</td>";

[multichild]

OK I’ve got myself a fatal error now as a result of the code below.

$ContractStart1 = new DateTime($data['Contract_Start']);
$ContractEnd1 = new DateTime($data['Contract_End']);
$RenewalDate1 = new DateTime($data['Renewal_Date']);

echo "<td width='80' class='tableData'>".date_format($ContractStart1, 'd-m-Y')."</td>";
echo "<td width='80' class='tableData'>".date_format($ContractEnd1, 'd-m-Y')."</td>";
echo "<td width='80' class='tableData'>".date_format($RenewalDate1, 'd-m-Y')."</td>";

PHP Fatal error: Uncaught exception ‘Exception’ with message ‘DateTime::__construct() expects parameter 1 to be string, object given’ in \CSFFILES11\WEBSITES\live\new_checksafetyfirst\en\csfintranet\contracts.php:912
Stack trace:
#0 \CSFFILES11\WEBSITES\live\new_checksafetyfirst\en\csfintranet\contracts.php(912): DateTime->__construct(Object(DateTime))
#1 {main}
thrown in \CSFFILES11\WEBSITES\live\new_checksafetyfirst\en\csfintranet\contracts.php on line 912

[droopsnoot]

As @kreut said above, you need to var_dump your three variables to see what’s wrong. Which is line 912, in the latest code? Error message suggests that they’re not the expected strings.

[Dormilich]

chances are that your variables are already DateTime objects.

[multichild]

@kreut

$data[‘Contract_Start’]

I’m trying to echo that line out but I get a fatal error every time, which is odd in itself. Will work it out and post the result

[cpradio]

@multichild

$ContractStart1 = new DateTime($data[‘Contract_Start’]);
$ContractEnd1 = new DateTime($data[‘Contract_End’]);
$RenewalDate1 = new DateTime($data[‘Renewal_Date’]);

He is saying to put the following code above what I have listed above.

var_dump($data['Contract_Start']);
var_dump($data['Contract_End']);
var_dump($data['Renewal_Date']);

[multichild]

@cpradio

var_dump($data[‘Contract_Start’]);
var_dump($data[‘Contract_End’]);
var_dump($data[‘Renewal_Date’]);

Hi cpradio, ye I finally got what he meant, blimey my heads not on it today. This is the output

object(DateTime)#6 (3) { ["date"]=> string(19) "2005-09-01 00:00:00" ["timezone_type"]=> int(3) ["timezone"]=> string(13) "Europe/Dublin" }

For var_dump($data[‘Contract_Start’]);

[cpradio]

So it is already a DateTime object and thus you don’t need

$ContractStart1 = new DateTime($data['Contract_Start']);
$ContractEnd1 = new DateTime($data['Contract_End']);
$RenewalDate1 = new DateTime($data['Renewal_Date']);

You can simply use $data['Contract_Start] in replacement of $ContractStart1

[multichild]

@cpradio

$data['Contract_Start]

I thought that and tried it earlier, but when I leave the line as

echo "<td width='80' class='tableData'>".$data["Contract_Start"]."</td>";

It creates a fatal error, and the table stops outputting at that point.

[cpradio]

No, you have to leave the date_format($data['Contract_Start'], 'd-m-Y') part. Or use $data['Contract_Start']->format('d-m-Y')

[multichild]

@cpradio

date_format($data[‘Contract_Start’], ‘d-m-Y’)

Thank you guys