Re: A better way?
| From: | Richard Lynch | Date: | Tue, 28 Nov 2000 23:07:06 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: A better way? | ||
| References: | 1 | Groups: | php.general |
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There are builtin functions that will help.
If nothing else:
$dateparts = explode('/', $date);
$checkdate = mktime(0, 0, 0, $dateparts[0], $dateparts[1], $dateparts[2]);
if ($date != date('m/d/y')){
#bad date
}
----- Original Message -----
From: Todd Cary <todd@aristesoftware.com>
Newsgroups: php.general
Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 11:11 PM
Subject: [PHP] A better way?
> I need to check if a date is correct. The date is in the format of
> mm/dd/yy. This is how I am doing it and I would like to take advantage
> of those that have more experience doing this.
>
> Many thanks....
>
> Todd
>
> $parts = explode("/", $TripDate);
> if ($parts[2]) {
> $parts[2] = "20" . $parts[2];
> };
> if (checkdate($parts[0], $parts[1], $parts[2])) {
> $badDate = 0;
> } else {
> $badDate = 1;
> };
>
>
> --
> Todd Cary
> Ariste Software
> todd@aristesoftware.com
>
>
>
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