Re: Filters and sanitizing a regexp
| From: | Eric Butera | Date: | Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:14:09 +0000 |
| Subject: | Re: Filters and sanitizing a regexp | ||
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On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 12:03 PM, Richard Lynch <rlynch@peak6.com> wrote:
>> -----Original Message-----
>> > hate to say this but why not cater for all eventualities and just use
>> > strtotime( $whatever );
>>
>> Well it just doesn't have enough geek factor...
>
> Plus, strtotime() does non-intuitive things with some inputs...
>
> I'd insist on at least some kind of confirmation page if you use that beast.
In the sites I write I have a lot of success with strtotime as long as
I have a - to / converter. I also put a note of (Format date as
MM/DD/YYYY). Funny that people still seem to want to type -'s. We're
all creatures of habit, right? There is always a way to edit stuff
though so it isn't the end of the world if it goes weird.