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jono20201/input-to-date
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A small PHP library that assists with converting your user input into a Carbon object

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InputToDate
===========

[](#inputtodate)

This is a really simple library to convert user input to a Carbon object without having to worry about the possible exceptions that maybe thrown with bad or empty input.

If you're using a framework (such as Laravel) you should still validate user input if you want to send them nice errors about invalid input.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Parse user input to a Carbon object.
- Throw an Exception or return a default upon error/empty input.
- Fluent API

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The following example would return a Carbon object with the correct date.

```
    $user_input = '01/01/2016 09:30:30'
    $date = InputToDate::create('d/m/Y H:i:s')
                        ->convert($user_input);
```

The following example has incorrect input, and will return `null` as we have asked it to by running the `setReturnNullOnFailure()` method.

```
    $user_input = '01/01/2016 09:30:30'
    $date = InputToDate::create('d/m/Y')
                        ->setReturnNullOnFailure()
                        ->convert($user_input);
```

The following example will return this current time as its incorrect, but as have asked for a default of `Carbon::now()`.

```
    $user_input = '01/01/2016 09:30:30'
    $date = InputToDate::create('d/m/Y')
                        ->setDefault(Carbon::now())
                        ->convert($user_input);
```

The following will throw an `InvalidArgumentException` exception as the input is incorrect and we have not set any other default. You can also explicitly add the `throwException()`method.

```
    $user_input = '01/01/2016 09:30:30'
    $date = InputToDate::create('d/m/Y')
                        ->convert($user_input);
```

Contribute
----------

[](#contribute)

Pull requests are more than welcome.

###  Health Score

32

—

LowBetter than 69% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity20

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

4

Last Release

3534d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2374192?v=4)[Jonathan Martin](/maintainers/Jono20201)[@Jono20201](https://github.com/Jono20201)

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Top Contributors

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Tags

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