Re: No is_date() function?

> On 7/27/07, Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > 2) Some fancy OOP object (use OOP isa function) basically what i suggested in my initial reply; build a couple of custom wrapper objects around the stock php date / time functions. is_a is a relic from php4 that has been deprecated; go for the instanceof operator. http://us3.php.net/manual/en/function.is-a.php -nathan On 7/27/07, Richard Lynch <ceo@l-i-e.com> wrote: > > On Wed, July 25, 2007 8:55 am, Ken Tozier wrote: > > I wrote a serialization function to turn arbitrary PHP variables into > > Macintosh plist compatible XML but see that there is no "is_date" > > tester as there is for bool, object, array etc. Is there a relatively > > simple (and robust) way to detect if a variable is a date? For > > example: > > > > $person = array('name'=>'bob', > > 'sex'=>'male', 'date_of_birth'=> > > $someDateHere); > > PHP has no 'date' type... > > So what you are calling a date is one of these: > 1) An integer representing Unix timestamp (is_int()) > 2) Some fancy OOP object (use OOP isa function) > 3) A string that happens to look like a date to humans > a) strtotime might work > b) a preg_match might work better > > -- > Some people have a "gift" link here. > Know what I want? > I want you to buy a CD from some indie artist. > http://cdbaby.com/browse/from/lynch > Yeah, I get a buck. So? > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > >