PHP DateTime accept multiple formats?
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I'm trying to construct a DateTime object with multiple accepted formats.
According to the DateTime::createFromFormat docs, the first parameter (format) must be a string. I was wondering if there was a way to createFromFormats.
In my case, I want the year for my format to be optional:
DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $date);
DateTime::createFromFormat('m-d', $date);
so that a user can input just 'm-d' and the year would be assumed 2013. If I wanted multiple accepted formats, would I have to call createFromFormat each time?
Shortest thing for my scenario is:
DateTime::createFromFormat('m-d', $date) ?: DateTime::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $date);
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