data type casting

[Anon]

Hi all
I work with php 4.0.6 and Firebird (evolution of Interbase). I have to store in the database a date (italian format: d/m/Y format) but that date cames from a form page with a <input type="text"...>. So, my "date" isn't a real date variable, but it's a string. How can I convert a string type variable in a data type variable? Please, don't tell me to flip the month with the day in the string, it will be a new string flipped, not a date.
thanx to all, Luca

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There is no such thing as a 'date type' variable in PHP, only strings and numbers.

SQL uses strings to enter dates, so just re-formatting the string you have should work.

Worst-case you need a timestamp (still not a date type) which you can get using PHP's date and time functions.