/ / getting the serial number $serial = sscanf( "SN / 2350001" ,"SN / %d"); / / and the date of manufacturing $mandate = "January 01 2000"; list($month, $day, $year) = sscanf($mandate ,"%s %d %d"); echo "Item $serial was manufactured on: $year -".substr($month,0,3) ."-$day\n";
Exemple 2.