Change the URL to the PHP Date Function

[imanickam]

Current:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php - this URL does not work; it requires signing into the php.net site

Proposed:
http://php.net/date - this URL works and is consistent with other language strings MOD_ARTICLES_CATEGORY_FIELD_DATEFIELDFORMAT_DESC and MOD_ARTICLES_CATEGORY_FIELD_MONTHYEARFORMAT_DESC

Pull Request for Issue # .

Summary of Changes

Current language string:
JGLOBAL_DATE_FORMAT_DESC="Optional format string for showing the date. For example, D M Y for day month year or you can use d-m-y for a short version eg. 28-12-16. See http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.date.php. If left blank, it uses DATE_FORMAT_LC1 from your language file."

Revised language string:
JGLOBAL_DATE_FORMAT_DESC="Optional format string for showing the date. For example, D M Y for day month year or you can use d-m-y for a short version eg. 28-12-16. See http://php.net/date. If left blank, it uses DATE_FORMAT_LC1 from your language file."

Testing Instructions

(a) Go to the screen "Articles: Options" (Content => Articles > Options)
(b) Click on the tab List Layouts
(c) For the option "Show Date", choose the value Created or Modified or Published)
(d) Move the cursor over the label "Date Format" - Review the pop-up help text
(e) Type the URL shown in the pop-up help text in a separate window/tab of a browser and see what happens

Expected result

(a) Pop-up Help Text

(b) URL to the PHP Date Function taken from the pop-up Help Text

Actual result

(a) Pop-up Help Text

(b) URL to the PHP Date Function taken from the pop-up Help Text

Documentation Changes Required

[infograf768]

I have tested this item ✅ successfully on 6cbe0bc

If this may help some users, let's change it.

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[infograf768]

RTC

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[brianteeman]

This is clearly an upstream problem with the mirror that you are being directed to. Have you reported it upstream so it can be fixed for everyone that uses php

[imanickam]

This is clearly an upstream problem with the mirror that you are being directed to. Have you reported it upstream so it can be fixed for everyone that uses php

Yes, the problem has been reported - Bug #77161 - PHP.net Website Problem (https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=77161).

[imanickam]

Might be worth telling the PHP guys where you are in the world, and maybe your IP because then they might be able to "guess" which mirror you get redirected to.

Good Idea. I thought that the IP address would be stored along with the bug report when you create one, just like we can find out from which IP address the post has been created in the Joomla! Forum.

[imanickam]

Standardized the URL that references the date function in PHP from http://php.net/date to https://php.net/date.

This has been changed in the file en-GB.mod_articles_category.ini (that is located in the directory \language\en-GB) as well.

The URLs are changed in the language strings MOD_ARTICLES_CATEGORY_FIELD_DATEFIELDFORMAT_DESC and MOD_ARTICLES_CATEGORY_FIELD_MONTHYEARFORMAT_DESC