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Posted by JamesBenson on 09/08/05 05:01
I would use something like:-
$date = '09/09/2005';
list($month, $day, $year) = explode("/", $date);
if(checkdate($month, $day, $year)) {
/* valid date */
} else {
/* invalid date */
}
Todd Cary wrote:
> I need to check the input of a user to make sure the date is valid and
> correctly formatted. Are there any examples available?
>
> Here is one solution I created:
>
> /* Is date good */
> function is_date_good($date) {
> if (strtotime($date) == -1) {
> $retval = 0;
> } else {
> if (strpos($date, "/") > 0) {
> $parts = explode("/", $date);
> } elseif (strpos($date, "-") > 0) {
> $parts2 = explode("-", $date);
> $parts[0] = $parts2[1];
> $parts[1] = $parts2[2];
> $parts[2] = $parts2[0];
> } else {
> $parts = explode(".", $date);
> }
> //print_r($parts);
> if (checkdate($parts[0], $parts[1], $parts[2]) )
> return 1;
> else
> return 0;
> }
> return $retval;
> }
>
> Is there a simplier solution?
>
> Many thanks......
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