note 119604 added to function.checkdate

The below suggested date validation (from another note) does NOT work for ALL formats and date inputs. function validateDate($date, $format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s') { $d = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date); return $d && $d->format($format) == $date; } A couple of examples should suffice as a warning to test carefully and particularly not to use code that allows passing in of just any date format string: var_dump(validateDate('7/01/16', 'n/j/y')); # false but should be true var_dump(validateDate('7/1/16', 'm/d/y')); # false but should be true Sorry, I don't have a suggested correction. ---- Server IP: 72.52.91.14 Probable Submitter: 35.10.132.83 ---- Manual Page -- http://php.net/manual/en/function.checkdate.php Edit -- https://master.php.net/note/edit/119604 Del: integrated -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119604/integrated Del: useless -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119604/useless Del: bad code -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119604/bad+code Del: spam -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119604/spam Del: non-english -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119604/non-english Del: in docs -- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119604/in+docs Del: other reasons-- https://master.php.net/note/delete/119604 Reject -- https://master.php.net/note/reject/119604 Search -- https://master.php.net/manage/user-notes.php