match date from string php preg_match

Question

I have a string:

$string = "Created on: 06-Sep-08";

I would like to match the date and convert it to 06/09/2008; what is the needed regexp?
Thanks

deiga · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 16:18:34Z

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$matches = array();
preg_match('/(\d{2})-(\D*)-(\d{2})/', $string, $matches)

This returns the array matches.

$matches[0] will contain the text that matched the full pattern, $matches[1] will have the text that matched the first captured parenthesized subpattern, and so on

http://php.net/manual/en/function.preg-match.php

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 16:18

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RicardO Over a year ago

this works! thanks a lot. what is the difference between \d and \D?

deiga Over a year ago

\d matches digit's and \D matches non-digit -characters. A full list can be found at <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regex#POSIX_character_classes>

Ciprian Mocanu · Accepted Answer · 2011-02-21 16:23:13Z

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preg_match('/\:.*/is',...);

And then do a

strtotime(...)

EDIT:

Forgot to add the parantheses

preg_match('/\:(.*)/is',$string,$matches);

edited Feb 21, 2011 at 16:23

answered Feb 21, 2011 at 16:15

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Ciprian Mocanu Over a year ago

preg_match('/\:(.*)/is',$string,$matches);

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