PHP: date_create - Manual (original) (raw)

(PHP 5 >= 5.2.0, PHP 7, PHP 8)

date_create — create a new DateTime object

Description

Unlike the DateTime constructor, it will return**[false](reserved.constants.php#constant.false)** instead of an exception if the passed indatetime string is invalid.

Return Values

Returns a new DateTime instance or [false](reserved.constants.php#constant.false) on failure

See Also

• DateTimeImmutable::__construct() - Returns new DateTimeImmutable object
• DateTimeImmutable::createFromFormat() - Parses a time string according to a specified format
• DateTime::__construct() - Returns new DateTime object