Are there any specific PHP functions or methods that can be used to manipulate and sort dates more efficiently?

When working with dates in PHP, the built-in functions like strtotime(), date(), and DateTime can be used to manipulate and format dates efficiently. To sort dates, the usort() function can be used along with a custom comparison function that compares two dates. This allows for sorting dates in ascending or descending order based on specific criteria. 

// Example code to sort an array of dates in ascending order
$dates = ['2022-01-15', '2021-12-20', '2022-02-10'];

usort($dates, function($a, $b) {
    return strtotime($a) - strtotime($b);
});

print_r($dates);

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PHP date manipulation date sorting functions methods

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