RE: [PHP] validate date

> If a user inputs a date into a form, what function can I use to validate > that he put in a valid date? > I want to use checkdate but that needs the date split up into day, month > year. > Anyone have an easy way of doing this? You have to specify a date format to your users, or at least assume a certain amount of formats. If you don't do this, then there's no way to validate it, because any amount of variations exist of date formats. If you require a mm/dd/yy format, then just break it apart and validate each element. You'll basically have to write your own function, or possibly use strtotime() to see if it returns a result. ---John W. Holmes... PHP Architect - A monthly magazine for PHP Professionals. Get your copy today. http://www.phparch.com/