$_POST does not return a strtotime format?

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Problem: I would like to access the value of a datepicker field in a cred_save_data callback, but it doesn't seem to be usable Unix timestamp.

Solution: Datepicker fields contain an array of information. The 'datepicker' key contains the timestamp you can use.

$date = $_POST['wpcf-date-evenement']['datepicker'];
// $date is now a Unix timestamp

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Last updated by Pat 5 years, 8 months ago.

Assisted by: Christian Cox.

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May 25, 2019 at 2:19 pm #1249883

Pat

Hello,

I have a Cred that define a date thanks to a datepicker (custom field 'wpcf-date-evenement')
Now, I have a function (cred_save_data) inside a snippet that uses this info in order to update the post title.

So, I have this code inside the function :

$date = $_POST['wpcf-date-evenement'];
$datejour = date('d-m-Y', $date);

The result I'm getting for $datejour is : 01-01-1970 and the date used for that is may, 25th 2019

Can you tell me how I can retrieve the right date ?

Regards
Pat

May 26, 2019 at 3:46 pm #1250271

Christian Cox

If you error_log print_r the field information from $_POST you can see that datepicker fields have an array of information and not just a value. Here is an example where the date field is empty:

[wpcf-book-date] => Array
        (
            [display-only] =>
            [datepicker] =>
        )

Here is another example where the date field is set to May 20 2019:

[wpcf-book-date] => Array
        (
            [display-only] => May 20, 2019
            [datepicker] => 1558310400
            [datetime] => 2019-05-20
            [hour] => 00
            [minute] => 00
            [timestamp] => 1558310400
        )

So you should update your code to use the datepicker key for best results:

$date = $_POST['wpcf-date-evenement']['datepicker'];

You may need a conditional in case the date is not set.

May 27, 2019 at 5:23 am #1250611

Pat

Hi Christian,

Perfect ... as usual !

May I suggest an improvement : it would be good to add this kind of info in the Toolset documentation (in the developer ressources for example), as it is not easy to find this info otherwise (I have spent almost 2 hours trying to figure out what I should put here to get the right date !).
And even with your example, I'l not sure to have all potential parameters !

Another way to manage this would be to give a kind of code that could be used to get the info thanks to the error log ?

Regards
Pat