Format date in the indexSuccess.php

Question

I want to format the created_at field date from the original for something like 03.May.2011 to be shown in the indexSuccess.php and in the showSuccess.php Could you help me? thanks

Answer 1

You can make in symfony in your indexSuccess.php and showSuccess.php instead of for example:

 <?php $value->getCreatedAt() ?>

next:

 <?php echo date('d.M.Y', strtotime($value->getCreatedAt())) ?>

You can use other formats.

Answer 2

The format of some data absolutely not belongs into controller context - so please use

use_helper("date");
echo format_date($myDate);

from symfony's date helper in your template (showSuccess.php, blaSuccess.php) or partial (form.php, list.php, test.php) !

You'll find more informations here http://www.symfony-project.org/gentle-introduction/1_4/en/13-I18n-and-L10n#chapter_13_sub_outputting_data_in_the_user_s_culture or in the source file.