get date php dd/mm/yyyy code example
Example 1: php date format dd/mm/yyyy
date("d/m/Y", strtotime($str));
Example 2: php convert date from dd/mm/yyyy to yyyy-mm-dd
$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', "24/04/2012");
echo $date->format('Y-m-d');
Example 3: php validate date format yyyy-mm-dd
$date="2012-09-12";
if (preg_match("/^[0-9]{4}-(0[1-9]|1[0-2])-(0[1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-1])$/",$date)) {
return true;
} else {
return false;
}