how to control if it is a date
| From: | Alain Roger | Date: | Sat, 24 Mar 2007 16:55:46 +0000 |
| Subject: | how to control if it is a date | ||
| Groups: | php.general | ||
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Hi,
user can enter a string with following format dd.mm.yyyy.
Application should transform it to postgresql timestamp date.
however, i would like to be sure that what user typed is a real and valid
date.
how can i do that ?
i was thinking to use date(string format,
strtotime(string_entered_by_user)); but it does not ensure me that it is a
valid date...
thx.
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Alain
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Windows XP SP2
PostgreSQL 8.1.4
Apache 2.0.58
PHP 5