by the by I'm using filter_var($string, FITER_VALIDATE_REGEXP, blah blah blah) ""Frank Stanovcak"" <blindspotpro@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:E6.61.19781.54CCBD84@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Is it possible to use the php filter function to sanitize a regular > expression such as to return just the date part of a string that may be > passed by an nonobservant user? > > "#\d\d/\d\d/\d\d\d\d#" > > input would be something like > as02/05/2008df > > I want to use the filter to give me just the date should some oaf not > leave the date field as just digits. > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php