php convert date value preferred to mysql date

Question

I have get data from oracle database and date value kept on 27-MAY-09. I need to insert this value to mysql database via PHP. I need to convert date format as 2009-05-27.

Any one know about it please let me know correct php statement for do this.

Answer 1

use date() function

$date = '27-MAY-09';
$newData = date('Y-m-d', strtotime($date));  

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Answer 2

$date = DateTime::createFromFormat('j-M-y', $inputDate);
$newDate = $date->format('Y-m-d');

PHP 5.3 not earlier.

Answer 3

try this

$date1 = "27-MAY-09";
$data2 = date("Y-m-d",strtotime($date1));