Re: checking user input of MM-DD-YYYY

From:	Adam Williams	Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 16:25:42 +0000
Subject:	Re: checking user input of MM-DD-YYYY
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Thanks, I think I have it: $dateexplode = explode("-", $_POST["date_entered"]); if (!preg_match("/^(\d{2})$/", $dateexplode[0],$data1) || !preg_match("/^(\d{2})$/", $dateexplode[1],$data2) || !preg_match("/^(\d{4})$/", $dateexplode[2],$data3))

       {
       die ("you have entered an invalid date");
       }

so if the person enters 01-15-2008 its fine, but 1-15-2008 dies.