On Jan 15, 2008 11:25 AM, Adam Williams <awilliam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Thanks, I think I have it:
>
> $dateexplode = explode("-", $_POST["date_entered"]);
> if (!preg_match("/^(\d{2})$/", $dateexplode[0],$data1) ||
> !preg_match("/^(\d{2})$/", $dateexplode[1],$data2) ||
> !preg_match("/^(\d{4})$/", $dateexplode[2],$data3))
> {
> die ("you have entered an invalid date");
> }
>
> so if the person enters 01-15-2008 its fine, but 1-15-2008 dies.
>
Just curious why you won't take 1-15-2008. Once you validate it, you
can always assign it to a variable as either a timestamp or a DateTime
object and then format it however you want when you display it, send
it to a database, or whatever you are doing with the date.
FWIW, what you have above will also accept 42-75-2008.
Andrew
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