datetime_sadness.php

<?php

$date = new \DateTime('now');

var_dump($date);
// object(DateTime)[594]
//   public 'date' => string '2013-12-09 12:04:17' (length=19)
//   public 'timezone_type' => int 3
//   public 'timezone' => string 'Europe/Paris' (length=12)

var_dump($date->date);
// ContextErrorException: Notice: Undefined property: DateTime::$date

// Solutions :(
get_object_vars($date)['date'];
$date->format('Y-m-d H:i:s');

he doesn't want to do a ->format() :D

@luxifer: 👍

@j0k3e: my DateTime object already contains a proper formatted date string, but for an obscure reason, I can't access it directly (even if its visibility is public). I was looking for a better way to access it than get_object_vars(), but it looks like that it's the best solution.

@Pym: I don't get any ContextErrorException on var_dump($date->date); (PHP v5.5):

string '2013-12-11 21:19:46' (length=19)