用于将日期解析为零件的函数

Question

Is there any nice function in PHP to parse the date into parts given the specified format?

e.g.

some_function('20112000', 'dmY') 
some_function('2000-11-20', 'Y-m-d')
some_function('2000 text 11-20', 'Y text m-d')

array('d'=>20, 'm'=>11, 'Y'=>2000) expected in all of the above cases,
(assuming formats compatible with date() function)

Update:

I use PHP 5.1.9
This is also possible using Zend_Date, but it uses different formats than date() (e.g. ddMMyyyy)

Answer 1

With PHP >= 5.3, the DateTime::createFromFormat() allows one to parse a date according to a specified format.

After that, you get a DateTime object, and up to your to work with it in order to get the array you want.