- var_dump: documentation ( source)
- date_create: documentation ( source)
- function_exists: documentation ( source)
- trim: documentation ( source)
- strtotime: documentation ( source)
<?php
function convertToTimestamp($dateStr) {
$dateStr = trim($dateStr);
if (!function_exists('date_create')) {
$ts = strtotime($dateStr);
if ($ts === -1) $ts = false;
return $ts;
}
$oDate = date_create($dateStr);
if (is_object($oDate)) {
return (int)$oDate->format('U');
}
return false;
}
var_dump( convertToTimestamp("2012-01-01") ); // 1325376000
echo "\n";
var_dump( convertToTimestamp("foo") ); // sollte false oder -1