RE: [PHP-WIN] Making sure a date field is entered.

Hmmm. checkdate only accepts (int) month, day, year as parameters, so you have to extract the info from your form var. I would suggest using <select> drop boxes to restrict the input - that might make it easier. Ignatius > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Peck [mailto:tompeck@paradise.net.nz] > Sent: Wednesday, 9 August 2000 11:39 > To: PHP > Subject: [PHP-WIN] Making sure a date field is entered. > > > Hello All > > Is there a PHP function which can make sure a string is a > date? I have a > form where a date is entered in the format: "Saturday 23 > August". The form > gets passed onto another page which makes sure all the fields > are correct - > but I'm stumped as how to make sure that this date has been > put in properly. > It needs to be inserted properly so that I can run a database > query getting > all the data from a database, ordered by Date... > > Thanks for any help. > > Tom > > > -- > PHP Windows Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-windows-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-windows-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: > php-list-admin@lists.php.net >