Posted by Jordan Miller on 09/08/05 01:45

writing a parse script is okay, but it will be very difficult to
always ensure they are inputting it correctly. I recommend putting a
popup calendar next to the input field. If the field is automatically
populated in this way you will have a much easier time parsing it
correctly. I can't recommend a good one offhand, but there are
several that are DHTML and JS only, so that should be a good starting
point for standards compliance. See:
http://www.dynarch.com/projects/calendar/
and
http://www.google.com/search?q=dhtml+popup+calendar

Jordan


On Sep 7, 2005, at 5:39 PM, 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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