How to convert "21 marzo 2017" to Unix timestamp?

Question

I have a string representing a date: 21 marzo 2017. I want to convert it to a Unix timestamp.

• echo strtotime('21 march 2017'); works because the month is in English.
• echo strtotime('21 maggio 2017'); doesn't work because the month is in Italian.

How can I get a Unix timestamp from that Italian string?

Answer 1

You should first convert your months in english with str_replace:

str_replace('marzo','march',"21 marzo 2017");

Then you can use echo strtotime('21 march 2017');

If you have to convert other date, consider using a function and a switch-case.