Re: checking user input of MM-DD-YYYY

I'm having users enter dates in MM-DD-YYYY format. is there a way to check if what they have entered is invalid (like if they enter 1-15-2008 instead of 01-15-2008) ?

Something like this: http://www.phpguru.org/date_preg/ <?php

    // Get this from where ever (format MM-DD-YYYY)
    echo ($input  = '01-02-2008') . '<br /><br />';

    $result = preg_match('/(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})/', $input, $matches);

    $date  = $matches[2]; // Note month/date switched
    $month = $matches[1]; // Note month/date switched
    $year  = $matches[3];

    if (!$result) {
        // Doesn't match...
    }

    echo "Date: {$date}<br />";
    echo "Month: {$month}<br />";
    echo "Year: {$year}<br />";

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