Question

$sessionquery = "
SELECT SessionDate
FROM Session
";

$sessionqrystmt=$mysqli->prepare($sessionquery);
// You only need to call bind_param once

$sessionqrystmt->execute(); 

$sessionqrystmt->bind_result($dbSessionDate);  



$sessionHTML = '<select name="session" id="sessionsDrop">'.PHP_EOL;
$sessionHTML .= '<option value="">Please Select</option>'.PHP_EOL;           

while ( $sessionqrystmt->fetch() ) {
    $sessionHTML .= sprintf("<option value='%s'>%s</option>", $dbSessionDate) . PHP_EOL;  
}

Above I have a drop down menu where it displays a Session’s Date. At the moment the date is formatted so it looks like this:

2012-03-23

I want it to be formatted as below:

23-03-2012

How can I change the date format in the drop down menu?

Answer 1

 $sessionquery = "
SELECT SessionDate
FROM Session
";

$sessionqrystmt=$mysqli->prepare($sessionquery);
// You only need to call bind_param once

$sessionqrystmt->execute(); 

$sessionqrystmt->bind_result($dbSessionDate);  



$sessionHTML = '<select name="session" id="sessionsDrop">'.PHP_EOL;
$sessionHTML .= '<option value="">Please Select</option>'.PHP_EOL;           

while ( $sessionqrystmt->fetch() ) {
    //$sessionHTML .= sprintf("<option value='%s'>%s</option>", $dbSessionDate) . PHP_EOL;
    $sessionHTML .= sprintf("<option value='%s'>%s</option>", date("d-m-Y",strtotime($dbSessionDate)) . PHP_EOL; 
}