Reduce code

[micmac]

Hi all,
What would be the best way to code this little snippet?

<?
$format_date = explode('-', $rs['movie_release_date']);
if ($format_date[1] == '01'){
$format_date_month = "January";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '02'){
$format_date_month = "February";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '03'){
$format_date_month = "March";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '04'){
$format_date_month = "April";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '05'){
$format_date_month = "May";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '06'){
$format_date_month = "June";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '07'){
$format_date_month = "July";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '08'){
$format_date_month = "August";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '09'){
$format_date_month = "September";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '10'){
$format_date_month = "October";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '11'){
$format_date_month = "November";
} else if ($format_date[1] == '12'){
$format_date_month = "December";
}
echo "$format_date[2]th of $format_date_month, $format_date[0]";
//Tuesday the 18th of November,2003
?>

Cheers,
micmac

[osusano]

try like this but still same

<?
$monthValue = '10';
$monthArray = array('January','February','March','April','May','June','July','August','September','October','November','December');
$monthValueArray = array('01','02','03','04','05','06','07','08','09','10','11','12');
$i = -1;
while ($i != count($monthArray)){
   $i++;
   if ($monthValue == $monthValueArray[$i]){
      $format_date_month = $monthArray[$i]
   }
}

[HalfaBee]

Why bother with the second array.

<?
$monthValue = '10';
$mv = (int)"$monthValue" // converts to decimal
$monthArray =  array('','January','February','March','April','May','
June','July','August','September','October','Novem
ber','December');

$monthName = $monthArray[$mv];

HalfaBee

[micmac]

Thanks guys...much appreciated.

Cheers,
micmac

[tbach2]

Try this out for size 😉

$mydate = $rs['movie_release_date'];
// if date is in the form m-d-y, must translate to m/d/y for strtotime to work.
//$mydate = ereg_replace("-","/",$mydate);

echo date("l \\t\\he jS of F,Y",strtotime($mydate));