php convert date to MySQL date

Question

I need to convert a date in this format:

November 28, 2009

to a MySQL date format:

2009-28-11

Answer 1

If you want a "date" to be converted to "DateTime" this is the best way =

// for example: you have a string with the following
$dateFormat = 'd/m/Y';
$dateString = '02/12/2019';

// you can easily create DateTime using
$dateTime = \DateTime::createFromFormat($dateFormat, $dateString);

As described in the php documentation for createFromFormat.

And to answer completely on your question:

echo $dateTime->format('y-m-d');