Adam Williams wrote:
> Thanks, I think I have it:
>
> $dateexplode = explode("-", $_POST["date_entered"]);
> if (!preg_match("/^(\d{2})$/", $dateexplode[0],$data1) ||
> !preg_match("/^(\d{2})$/", $dateexplode[1],$data2) ||
> !preg_match("/^(\d{4})$/", $dateexplode[2],$data3))
> {
> die ("you have entered an invalid date");
> }
>
> so if the person enters 01-15-2008 its fine, but 1-15-2008 dies.
Running three regexes is a bit much when one is enough:
/^([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{4})$/
/Per Jessen, Zürich
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