RE: [PHP] Checking a date for validity

Todd Cary <mailto:todd@aristesoftware.com> on Wednesday, September 07, 2005 3:39 PM said: > /* 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]; Why $parts2? Just use $parts instead, like you did in the other two blocks. Change it to: > if (strpos($date, "/") > 0) { > $parts = explode("/", $date); > } elseif (strpos($date, "-") > 0) { > $parts = explode("-", $date); > } else { > $parts = explode(".", $date); > } > Is there a simplier solution? How about strtotime()? In your function you're pretty much only accepting a certain number of formats for your date already so you could probably go with just passing the date (in whatever format it's given) to strtotim() and check for a 'false' or a timestamp. Chris.