Date Validation

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I have some select boxes where a user inputs a date. How can I make sure that the date is a valid one (I.E. not Febuary 30th, or April 31 - Dates which don't exist).

I use PHP to first convert my date into a MySQL friednly format of YYYY-MM-DD...But then what?

A function for this must exist somewhere..I don't want to actrually correct the date, just somethign I can use in an if else statement.

hermzz

mcal_date_valid() should do

http://es2.php.net/manual/en/function.mcal-date-valid.php

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Thanks...

I tell people all the time to RTFM and err I ahve to admit PHP has this

CHECKDATE

function builtin...

: )

I should follow my own advice...

hermzz

Interesting....

Thats means that the one I gave you isn't for that. Do you know what the difference between yours and mine?

hermzz

Oh I get it..
The one I gave you is from a plugin called Modular Calendar Access Library.

They both should work for the same thing though.

I wonder why two functions that do the same?

LordShryku

Checkdate() works without the calander library

GilesGuthrie

Argh! I coded that from scratch. :mad:

Grrr!

tekky

Originally posted by GilesGuthrie
Argh! I coded that from scratch. :mad:

Grrr!

lol I'm curious to see this 🙂 (wonder how bloated it is vs. how small it could be... 😃)

mind sharing?