Carbon Date how to create date using string date and user language - php

Question

how to create date using string date and user language
function createDate(string $date , string $culture)
{
Carbon::setLocale( $culture);
$datetime = Carbon::create($datetime );
return $date ->isoformat('L');
}
if current user in english work well
but if current user in french not working
$datetime='12/20/2022 10:20:20 '; $culture ="en" // en format MM/DD/YYYY =====\> OK
$datetime='20/12/2022 10:20:20 '; $culture ="Fr" // Fr format DD/MM/YYYY ======\>Exception

Answer 1

You can simply set a format for each input type (language) in an array and then use Carbon::createFromFormat.
function createFromInput(string $input, string $lang){
$inputFormat = ['en' => 'm/d/Y H:i:s', 'fr' => 'd/m/Y H:i:s', 'de' => 'd.m.Y H:i:s'];
return Carbon::createFromFormat($inputFormat[$lang],$input);
}
Examples for using the function:
$lang = 'en';
$input = '12/20/2022 10:20:20';
echo createFromInput($input, $lang);
//2022-12-20 10:20:20
$lang = 'fr';
$input = '20/12/2022 10:20:20';
echo createFromInput($input, $lang);
//2022-12-20 10:20:20
Variant for DateTime:
function createFromInput(string $input, string $lang){
$inputFormat = ['en' => 'm/d/Y H:i:s', 'fr' => 'd/m/Y H:i:s', 'de' => 'd.m.Y H:i:s'];
return DateTime::createFromFormat($inputFormat[$lang],$input);
}
$lang = 'en';
$input = '12/20/2022 10:20:20';
echo createFromInput($input, $lang)->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
//2022-12-20 10:20:20
$lang = 'fr';
$input = '20/12/2022 10:20:20';
echo createFromInput($input, $lang)->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');
//2022-12-20 10:20:20
To try on https://3v4l.org/Q3hoA