note 87250 deleted from function.checkdate by googleguy
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| Subject: | note 87250 deleted from function.checkdate by googleguy | ||
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Note Submitter: doob_ at gmx dot de
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<?php
/*
** check a date
** dd.mm.yyyy || mm/dd/yyyy || dd-mm-yyyy || yyyy-mm-dd
*/
function check_date($date) {
if(strlen($date) == 10) {
$pattern = '/\.|\/|-/i'; // . or / or -
preg_match($pattern, $date, $char);
$array = preg_split($pattern, $date, -1, PREG_SPLIT_NO_EMPTY);
if(strlen($array[2]) == 4) {
// dd.mm.yyyy || dd-mm-yyyy
if($char[0] == "."|| $char[0] == "-") {
$month = $array[1];
$day = $array[0];
$year = $array[2];
}
// mm/dd/yyyy # Common U.S. writing
if($char[0] == "/") {
$month = $array[0];
$day = $array[1];
$year = $array[2];
}
}
// yyyy-mm-dd # iso 8601
if(strlen($array[0]) == 4 && $char[0] == "-") {
$month = $array[1];
$day = $array[2];
$year = $array[0];
}
if(checkdate($month, $day, $year)) { //Validate Gregorian date
return TRUE;
} else {
return FALSE;
}
}else {
return FALSE; // more or less 10 chars
}
}
check_date('21.02.1983');
check_date('21-02-1983');
check_date('02/21/1983'); // Common U.S. writing
check_date('1983-02-21'); // iso 8601
?>