mysql date formatting with php

Question

I have a date (\"mm/dd/yyyy\") and I want to convert it to a MySQL DATE data type (like yyyy-mm-dd)

How do I do it with PHP?

Answer 1

$date = '12/25/2011';
$parts = explode('/', $date);
$sql_date = $parts[2] . '-' . $parts[0] . '-' . $parts[1];