[RESOLVED] date format checker

[greedyisg00d]

Hi I am currently making an scheduler and I have a javascript calendar where the selected value is passed into a textbox in this format mm/dd/yyyy. My problem is I want to create a checker for invalid date format because sometimes the users edit or just type the date into the textbox. Any sample codes so that I can try it..THANKS

[coldwerturkey]

why not eliminate the human error inevitability altogether and make the date a drop down menu instead of a textbox?

(there are ton of simple ways to verify data, one of the simplest being:

$string = "01/02/2008"; //or whatever input

list($m, $d, $y) = explode("/", $string);

if (
	$string[2] == "/" && 	//check if slash is at right spot
	$string[5]== "/" && 	//check if slash is at right spot
	is_numeric($m.$d.$y) && //check that characters are numaric
	($m <= 12) &&			//chech that month is less than 12
	($d <= 31) &&			//chech that day is less than 31
	($y > 2000)				//check that year is greater than 2000
) {
	echo "all good";
} else {
	echo "error";
}

)

[greedyisg00d]

Thanks men your code works fine I have just modified it a little

[dagon]

explode and checkdate() is all you need