Adam Williams 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. Running three regexes is a bit much when one is enough: /^([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{4})$/ /Per Jessen, Zürich -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php