JavaScript date format string to php date format string convert

Question

Please find the following scenario, I've dynamic JS date format string from API but I am looking for the best way to convert the format that accepts in PHP date format. For now, I wrote it my own way but I doubt there should be a standard solution.

JS time format: YYYY-MM-DD / YYYY/MM/DD
Need PHP format: Y-m-d / Y/m/d

I've written the solution this way, please let me know if you find something else in a better way than this.

function dateFormatStringConvert(string $format) : string
{
 foreach (['-', '/'] as $operator) {
 if (strpos($format, $operator) !== false) {
 return implode($operator, array_map(function ($piece){
 return $piece[0]=='M' || $piece[0]=='D' ? strtolower($piece[0]) : $piece[0];
 }, explode($operator, $format)));
 }
 }
 return 'm-d-Y';
}

• hjpotter92: is the js code under your control?
• Arab: No. we are using the service of somebody else.

Answer 1

I don't see the need to do so much dynamic work. I would establish a lookup array to access. This will be clean, direct, and easy to maintain. If the incoming format is not found, just fallback to m-d-Y using the null coalescing operator.

private $formatLookup = [
 'YYYY-MM-DD' => 'Y-m-d',
 'YYYY/MM/DD' => 'Y/m/d',
];
public function dateFormatStringConvert(string $format) : string
{
 return $this->formatLookup[$format] ?? 'm-d-Y';
}

With this setup, you never need to touch the processing method, you only need to maintain the lookup array.