Add a new $database->columnExists() method, plus a couple other unrelated minor adjustments

wire/core/Page.php

@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@
  * @property int $published Unix timestamp of when the page was published. #pw-group-common #pw-group-date-time #pw-group-system
  * @property string $publishedStr Date/time when the page was published (formatted date/time string). #pw-group-date-time
  * @property int $created_users_id ID of created user. #pw-group-system
- * @property User $createdUser The user that created this page. Returns a User or a NullPage.
+ * @property User|NullPage $createdUser The user that created this page. Returns a User or a NullPage.
  * @property int $modified_users_id ID of last modified user. #pw-group-system
- * @property User $modifiedUser The user that last modified this page. Returns a User or a NullPage.
+ * @property User|NullPage $modifiedUser The user that last modified this page. Returns a User or a NullPage.
  * @property PagefilesManager $filesManager The object instance that manages files for this page. #pw-group-files
  * @property string $filesPath Get the disk path to store files for this page, creating it if it does not exist. #pw-group-files
  * @property string $filesUrl Get the URL to store files for this page, creating it if it does not exist. #pw-group-files

wire/core/Sanitizer.php

@@ -2970,7 +2970,7 @@ class Sanitizer extends Wire {
 	 */
 	public function date($value, $format = null, array $options = array()) {
 		$defaults = array(
-			'returnFormat' => $format, // date format to return in, if different from $dateFormat
+			'returnFormat' => $format, // date format to return in, if different from $format
 			'min' => '', // Minimum date allowed (in $dateFormat format, or a unix timestamp) 
 			'max' => '', // Maximum date allowed (in $dateFormat format, or a unix timestamp)
 			'default' => null, // Default value, if date didn't resolve
@@ -2978,13 +2978,14 @@ class Sanitizer extends Wire {
 		);
 		$options = array_merge($defaults, $options);
 		$datetime = $this->wire('datetime');
+		$iso8601 = 'Y-m-d H:i:s';
 		$_value = trim($value); // original value string
 		if(empty($value)) return $options['default'];
 		if(!is_string($value) && !is_int($value)) $value = $this->string($value);
 		if(ctype_digit("$value")) {
 			// value is in unix timestamp format
 			// make sure it resolves to a valid date
-			$value = strtotime(date('Y-m-d H:i:s', (int) $value));
+			$value = strtotime(date($iso8601, (int) $value));
 		} else {
 			/** @var WireDateTime $datetime */
 			$value = $datetime->stringToTimestamp($value, $format); 

wire/core/WireDatabasePDO.php

@@ -627,6 +627,59 @@ class WireDatabasePDO extends Wire implements WireDatabase {
 		return !empty($result);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Does the given column exist in given table? 
+	 * 
+	 * ~~~~~
+	 * // Standard usage:
+	 * if($database->columnExists('pages', 'name')) {
+	 *   echo "The pages table has a 'name' column";
+	 * }
+	 * 
+	 * // You can also bundle table and column together:
+	 * if($database->columnExists('pages.name')) {
+	 *   echo "The pages table has a 'name' column";
+	 * }
+	 * 
+	 * $exists = $database->columnExists('pages', 'name', true); 
+	 * if($exists) {
+	 *   // associative array with indexes: Name, Type, Null, Key, Default, Extra
+	 *   echo "The pages table has a 'name' column and here is verbose info: ";
+	 *   print_r($exists); 
+	 * }
+	 * ~~~~~
+	 *
+	 * #pw-group-custom
+	 * 
+	 * @param string $table Specify table name (or table and column name in format "table.column").
+	 * @param string $column Specify column name (or omit or blank string if already specified in $table argument). 
+	 * @param bool $getInfo Return array of column info (with type info, etc.) rather than boolean?
+	 * @return bool|array
+	 * @since 3.0.154
+	 * @throws WireDatabaseException
+	 * 
+	 */
+	public function columnExists($table, $column = '', $getInfo = false) {
+		if(empty($column)) {
+			if(!strpos($table, '.')) throw new WireDatabaseException('No column specified');
+			list($table, $column) = explode('.', $table, 2);
+		}
+		$exists = false;
+		$table = $this->escapeTable($table);
+		try {
+			$query = $this->prepare("SHOW COLUMNS FROM `$table` WHERE Field=:column");
+			$query->bindValue(':column', $column, \PDO::PARAM_STR);
+			$query->execute();
+			$numRows = (int) $query->rowCount();
+			if($numRows) $exists = $getInfo ? $query->fetch(\PDO::FETCH_ASSOC) : true;
+			$query->closeCursor();
+		} catch(\Exception $e) {
+			// most likely given table does not exist
+			$exists = false;
+		}
+		return $exists;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Is the given string a database comparison operator?
 	 *