check date format

[jowatkins]

Hi there,

I want to check that a date is entered in the correct format; yyyy/mm/dd.

Ive written this function:

function valid_date($date)
{
  if (ereg("^[+0-9]+/[+0-9]+/[+0-9]+$", $date))
  {
    return true;
  }
  else 
  {
    return false;
  }
}

How do I make sure that the year bit contains four characters and the day and month two?

Cheers, Jo

[Weedpacket]

Use {4} and {2} instead of +

[jowatkins]

Big thanks for the quick reply!!!