Abstraction to get date e anyone formats

get_date.php

<?php

  /**
	 * Check if a string is a valid based on $formats['input'], then format an output based on $formats['output']
	 * @author Marcos Freitas
	 * @param  string $value The string of the date
	 * @param  array $formats The given input and wanted output formats of the date.
	 * @return  string|boolean
	 */
	public static function getDate($value, $formats){
		if (!isset($formats['input']) || empty($formats['input'])) {
			$formats['input'] = 'd-m-Y';
		}
		if (!isset($formats['output']) || empty($formats['output'])) {
			$formats['output'] = 'Y-m-d';
		}

		$d = \DateTime::createFromFormat($formats['input'], $value);

		$date_errors = date_get_last_errors();
		if ($date_errors['error_count'] || $date_errors['warning_count']) {
			return false;
		}

		if ($d && $d->format($formats['input']) === $value) {
			return $d->format($formats['output']);
		} else {
			return false;
		}
	}