strtotime alternative

[mehh]

I have a string containing a date and I would like to convert it to a timestamp. As it has a set structure I'd rather not use strtotime to avoid bugs. Idealy I would like something that works like a reverse date() eg

fstrtotime($dateString,"d/m/Y H:i:s");

Is there such a thing?

[coopster]

Yeah, it's called strtotime().

;)

What is the "set structure" you are referring to? strtotime accommodates many formats. Will mktime [php.net] work better for you?

[mehh]

mktime()

is from interger rather than strings. And its because

strtotime()

accepts many formats that I'd rather not use it. Take this example:
I have a string containing a date lets say 01/02/2008. I know this is in the format dd/mm/yyyy but there is no way of telling strtotime this so it could parse it mm/dd/yyyy creating a mess of the rest of my code. Thats why I'm looking for an alternitive

[coopster]

mktime() is from integer rather than strings.

Right, you would need to parse out the pieces in order to pass them individually to the function in order to make your time.

I have a string containing a date lets say 01/02/2008. I know this is in the format dd/mm/yyyy but there is no way of telling strtotime this so it could parse it mm/dd/yyyy creating a mess of the rest of my code.

mm/dd/yyyy is a common U.S. writing and you are correct, strtotime will parse it as such. That is why I asked about your set structure. If you know the date will always come in as dd/mm/yyyy all you need to do is parse the pieces and build your timestamp from there.

[mehh]

ok. I was hopeing for a built in function, but thanks for your help