date explode

<?php
 echo $fetch_date=date("d/m/Y");
?>
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<title>Explode date</title>
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<h1>Explode date are as follow</h1>
<?php
print_r( $new_date = explode("/",$fetch_date));
?>
<hr>
<?php
 echo "DAY----".  $day=strtoupper("$new_date[0]")."</br>";
 echo  "MONTH----".$month= strtoupper("$new_date[1]")."</br>";
 echo   "YEAR----".$year= strtoupper("$new_date[2]")."</br>";
?>
</body>
</html>