Re: checking user input of MM-DD-YYYY

On Tue, January 15, 2008 8:27 am, Adam Williams wrote: > 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) ? Making the user type the 0 is just plain rude. :-) You could use a javascript popup calendar to make MOST users have it the way you want. And something like this can validate what you think you want: if (preg_match('/^([0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}$/', $date, $date_parts)){ list($month, $day, $year) = $date_parts[1]; $unixdate = mktime(1, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year); $crosscheck = date('M-d-Y', $unixdate); //Is M for zero-padded month? if ($crosscheck != $date_parts[0]) error(); } else error(); -- 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/from/lynch Yeah, I get a buck. So?