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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