How do I insert a date into mysql as a parameter?

Question

I have the following code:

function dbInsert()
{
    global $dbcon, $dbtable;
    global $inputData;

    $sqlQuery = \'INSERT INTO \' . $dbtable . \' (id_author         


        

Answer 1

You can use a date/time column

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-types.html

and use the STR_TO_DATE function:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.1/en/date-and-time-functions.html#function_str-to-date

Or you can convert it to a unix timestamp and insert this one in an INT Column.

Answer 2

You could take a look at the STR_TO_DATE function. It takes a format parameter. The allowed values for the format parameter are described here.

$sqlQuery = 'INSERT INTO ' . $dbtable . ' (id_author, date, title, description)' .
            ' VALUES (?, STR_TO_DATE(?, \'%d.%m.%Y\'), ?, ?)';