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Asked: 2026-05-10T20:46:12+00:00

What is the simplest, fastest way to complete the PHP code below such that

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What is the simplest, fastest way to complete the PHP code below such that the output is in a user-friendly format (for example, ‘October 27, 2006’)?

$result = mysql_query('SELECT my_timestamp FROM some_table WHERE id=42', $DB_CONN); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $formatted_date = ???($row['my_timestamp']); echo $formatted_date;
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  1. You could use MySQL to do this for you,

    $result = mysql_query('SELECT DATE_FORMAT(my_timestamp, '%M %d, %Y) AS my_timestamp FROM some_table WHERE id=42', $DB_CONN); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $formatted_date = $row['my_timestamp']; echo $formatted_date;

    Or use PHP,

    $result = mysql_query('SELECT my_timestamp FROM some_table WHERE id=42', $DB_CONN); $row = mysql_fetch_array($result); $formatted_date = strftime('%B %d, %y', $row['my_timestamp']); echo $formatted_date;
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