Edit report at http://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=52535&edit=1
ID: 52535
User updated by: webdeveloper02 at yahoo dot com
Reported by: webdeveloper02 at yahoo dot com
Summary: DateTime::createFromFormat doesn't return a valid
DateTime Object?
-Status: Verified
+Status: Closed
Type: Bug
Package: Date/time related
Operating System: linux 32/64-bit, os-x
PHP Version: 5.3.3
Assigned To: derick
Block user comment: N
New Comment:
Closing this out - The proper way to access the object is via the
$y->getTimestamp(); or $y->format(); methods.
It was a little confusing to be calling DateTime::createFromFormat() in
order to get a DateTime object, when the format and time values matched
and all I needed was a DateTime object that returned the value I was
already passing in to it.
Previous Comments:
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[2010-08-04 22:09:08] webdeveloper02 at yahoo dot com
Additional note, for what it's worth:
performing:
var_dump(($y instanceof DateTime));
..after line 13 of the test script confirms the object is being
instantiated:
bool(true)
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[2010-08-04 21:40:53] dcousineau at gmail dot com
Just as a side note, I also ran his snippet on my 5.3.1 install (stock
OSX
install) and received the same results.
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[2010-08-04 21:34:57] webdeveloper02 at yahoo dot com
Description:
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When creating a new DateTime object via DateTime::createFromFormat() the
date / timezone_type and timezone methods return: PHP Notice: Undefined
property: ...etc.
If you var_dump() the object however and then call these methods they
suddenly work / return what is expected.
See test script for example.
Test script:
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<?php
/*
PHP 5.3.2 / 5.3.3 (cli)
*/
date_default_timezone_set('America/New_York');
$x = '2010-07-21 20:49:07';
// $tz = new DateTimeZone('America/New_York'); // broken even with out
this.
// $y = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $x, $tz); // doesn't
make a difference.
$y = DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $x);
echo $y->date; // PHP Notice: Undefined property: DateTime::$date
var_dump($y); // Something magical happens.
echo $y->date; // Suddenly this works.
?>
Expected result:
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Would expect to see the proper output of calling $y->date on line #15
and not need to call var_dump($y) to get it to work?
Actual result:
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# php tmp.php
PHP Notice: Undefined property: DateTime::$date in /path/to/tmp.php on
line 15
PHP Stack trace:
PHP 1. {main}() /path/to/tmp.php:0
object(DateTime)#1 (3) {
["date"]=>
string(19) "2010-07-21 20:49:07"
["timezone_type"]=>
int(3)
["timezone"]=>
string(16) "America/New_York"
}
2010-07-21 20:49:07
#
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