Question

I currently have a form which takes a date in the format m/d/y – I have then attempted to insert it into a table, but the value in the table reads 0000-00-00. I understand that the value is not being inserted due to the format of the date being inserted.

The problem is, I am unsure on how to change the format so that it is inserted in a format that MySQL will store.

Below is the function that inserts the data into the table:

public function addUser($array) {
  $array['password'] = $this->hashPassword($array['password']);
  $implodeArray = '"'.implode( '","', $array ).'"';
  $sql = ('INSERT INTO user
              (email, password, firstName, lastName, officeID, departmentID, managerID, roleID, username, contractType, startDate, endDate, totalLeaveEntitlement, remainingLeave) 
           VALUES 
              ('.$implodeArray.')');
  echo $sql;
  die();
  mysql_query($sql,$this->_db) or die(mysql_error());
  mysql_close();
}

Due to the use of implodeArray, I cannot format the value of startDate and endDate to match the MySQL DATE format.

Answer 1

Why don’t you use similar method to when you hashed the password? So, you just need to add another function to convert your date input into mysql date format:

public function addUser($array) {
    $array['password'] = $this->hashPassword($array['password']);

    $array['startDate'] = $this->mysql_date_format($array['startDate']);
    $array['endDate'] = $this->mysql_date_format($array['endDate']);

    $implodeArray = '"'.implode( '","', $array ).'"';
    $sql = ('INSERT INTO user (email, password, firstName, lastName, officeID, departmentID, managerID, roleID, username, contractType, startDate, endDate, totalLeaveEntitlement, remainingLeave) VALUES ('.$implodeArray.')');
    echo $sql;
    die();
    mysql_query($sql,$this->_db) or die(mysql_error());
    mysql_close();
}