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<?php $string = '21-11-2016'; $pattern = '/(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})/'; $rep = "Month: $2 , Day: $1 , Year: $3"; echo preg_replace($pattern, $rep, $string);
Output for 5.5.0 - 5.5.35, 5.6.0 - 5.6.28, 7.0.0 - 7.0.20, 7.1.0 - 7.1.20, 7.2.0 - 7.2.33, 7.3.16 - 7.3.33, 7.4.0 - 7.4.33, 8.0.0 - 8.0.30, 8.1.0 - 8.1.34, 8.2.0 - 8.2.30, 8.3.0 - 8.3.30, 8.4.1 - 8.4.18, 8.5.0 - 8.5.3
Month: 11 , Day: 21 , Year: 2016

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