if problem

NZ_Kiwis

the date in $date is 2005-08-01 so $d2 is 08 but it does not print Aug, why?

$date = $myrow[save_date]; 
list($d3, $d2, $d1) =  explode('-', $date);

if ($d2 == 01) {
$d2 = 'Jan'; 
} elseif ($d2 == 02) {
$d2 = 'Feb';
} elseif ($d2 == 03) {
$d2 = 'Mar';
} elseif ($d2 == 04) {
$d2 = 'Apr';
} elseif ($d2 == 05) {
$d2 = 'May';
} elseif ($d2 == 06) {
$d2 = 'Jun';
} elseif ($d2 == 07) {
$d2 = 'Jul';
} elseif ($d2 == 08) {
$d2 = 'Aug';
} elseif ($d2 == 09) {
$d2 = 'Sep';
} elseif ($d2 == 10) {
$d2 = 'Oct';
} elseif ($d2 == 11) {
$d2 = 'Nov';
} elseif ($d2 == 12) {
$d2 = 'Dec';
} 


echo $d2;

drew010

its a bit short to do

list($d3, $d2, $d1) = explode('-', $date);
$d2 = date("M", mktime('','','',$d2, $d1, $d3) );

echo $d2;

toplay

I'm not sure, but it's best to make sure that the value is a numeric before checking it in the 'if' statements. Example:

$d2 = intval($d2);
if ($d2 == 01) { ...

Another way to do it without the need of 'if' statements is like this:

// Abbreviate the months if you want
$months = array( 1 =>
               'January',
               'February',
               'March',
               'April',
               'May',
               'June',
               'July',
               'August',
               'September',
               'October',
               'November',
               'December');

$date = $myrow[save_date];
list($d3, $d2, $d1) =  explode('-', $date);

$d2 = $months[intval($d2)];

But I see that you're pulling it from a table. So, you can retrieve the date any way you want using the MySQL DATE_FORMAT() function. Then you don't have to do all that in PHP. See the MySQL manual page:
http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/date-and-time-functions.html#id2715212

hth.

EDIT:

Posted too late. Of course, drew010 way in PHP is simpler. But I still prefer the SQL way.

Weedpacket

Also, 08 doesn't mean what you might think it means. Try it:

echo 08;

Explanation can be found in the manual's section on [man]integer[/man] types.

(Meanwhile, there's date('M', strtotime($date)); since we're on the subject.... but if this is coming from a database and you're using a date type there then it is wise to use your DBMS's date-handling functions.)