check hour

router

Hello!
I want to check my field 'hour'.
Is there a function like 'checkdate' to check hour?
In some place(i don't remember where) i've read that i'd use checkdate to check hour too,something like this:checkdate(yer,month,day,hour,min,sec).
But it doesn't work.
Some idea , please?
Thank in advance!!
and Happy New Year!!
Router 🙂

aaronott

checkdate is a function to validate a date only.
Why are you checking hour? this may help with any confusion.

orangehairedboy

If you're looking for a function to determine if something submitted is a valid hour then:

$hour = 25;
if ( ( $hour < 0 ) || ( $hour > 24 ) )
{
print "invalid hour!!!";
}

What exactly are you trying to check? Please provide an example.

OHB

router

An user can enter an hour and a date in a input type.
I want to verify that they are rigth.
I know that i could use a tag <option> with all hours,all minutes, but i think that it's a litle tired for the user. Do you undestardme? (My english is horrible!!)
Router

aaronott

if that's the case, I'd agree with orangehairedboy, use an if statement to make sure the hour is between 0 and 23

if( ( $_POST['$hour'] < 0 ) || ( $_POST['$hour'] > 23) )
{
   print("You've entered and invalid hour<br />");
   print("Hour must be between 0 and 23<br />");
}

router

I know that i can use and if stament.
But i think that , maybe,it exits a function to do it. I practice the minor effort law (if it alredy exits, don't do it, only use it!) 🙂
Thanks for your help!

orangehairedboy

The only function that already exists is checkdate(), but as we discussed earlier, if would be stupid to do that because you'd have to make a date first.

You could make your own function!!!

"Here's one I made earlier":

if ( ! check_hour( $_GET['hour'] ) )
{
print "That's not a valid hour!\n";
}

function check_hour ( $hour )
{
if ( ( $hour < 0 ) || ( $hour > 24 ) )
{
return false;
}
return true;
}

Another alternative might be for you to have a dropdown box on your page...instead of having them type the hour, have them select it from a list. Then there should be no problem...

router

My little contribution, ...

function checkhour($h,$i,$s)
{ //$h=hour $i=min $s=sec
//If error -> return false
if ( ((0<=$h) AND ($h<=23))
AND ((0<=$i) AND ($i<=59))
AND ((0<=$s) AND ($s<=59)) )
{
return(true);
}
else
{
return(false);
}
}
If, in the future, someone (tired like me) ask you
for a checkhour function, only paste this code to him/her!! 🙂
Router

RedDragon

sorry posted in the wrong topic 🙂