Question

I need help converting a DATE format to STRING format.

I have a variable from a mysql database column which is type DATE.

I want to perform the php explode() function on it, however I get an error saying the parameter must be a string.

This is the code to get the variable from the database:

$duedate = mysql_query("SELECT duedate FROM mtt_todolist WHERE id=$id") ;

I Then want to use the explode() function on $duedate…

$date = explode("-", $duedate);

I get this error:

Warning: explode() expects parameter 2 to be string,

So I need to convert $duedate to type string. Any help? Thank you.

Answer 1

$duedate is a resource, you need to use mysql_fetch_(something) to access a row of that resource. (There are several functions whose names start with mysql_fetch.)

$result=mysql_query(...);
$row=mysql_fetch_assoc($result);
$duedate=$row['duedate'];

I changed it so that $result is the resource, $row is a row out of that resource, and $duedate is the data you’re after.

Use DATE_FORMAT as suggested by @Steve in your code before this.