html element to separate php variable strings - ACF datepicker

Question

i am using ACF to display an internationalized date with this code :

<?php
    $dateformatstring = "l j F Y";
    $unixtimestamp = strtotime(get_field('date'));
?>

<?php echo date_i18n($dateformatstring, $unixtimestamp); ?>

but i wish i could separate each part into span for example to obtain a result like this :

<span>*day number*</span><span>*week day*</span><span>*month*</span><span>*year*</span>

but despite many attemps, i couldn't make it -_- Thanks for your help ;-)

Answer 1

thanks to @kero, i managed to do something like this :

<?php
    $dayNumber = "l";
    $weekDay = "j";
    $month = "F";
    $year = "Y";
    $unixtimestamp = strtotime(get_field('date'));
?>

<?php echo '<span>' . date_i18n($dayNumber, $unixtimestamp) . '</span>'; ?>
<?php echo '<span>' . date_i18n($weekDay, $unixtimestamp) . '</span>'; ?>
<?php echo '<span>' . date_i18n($month, $unixtimestamp) . '</span>'; ?>
<?php echo '<span>' . date_i18n($year, $unixtimestamp) . '</span>'; ?>

Not sure it is the best way to do it but it works. Thanks !

Answer 2

There's another way to do it as demonstrated here:

• In ACF settings, use 'Custom Format' to separate the items you want to add HTML to with a comma
  • M,d
• In your output file, set up your date output as a variable
  • $date = get_field(‘date’);
• Next, explode the variable you created
  • $dateArray = explode(‘,’, $date)
• Use the array you created to add HTML to each piece of your date
  • <p class="month"><?php echo $dateArray[0]; ?></p>
  • <p class="date"><?php echo $myArray[1]; ?></p>
• Profit!