<Original message>
From: Lic. Rodolfo Gonzalez Gonzalez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 08:15:50PM -0500
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [PHP] Problem: ereg doesn't wo
> On Tue, 18 Sep 2001, * R&zE: wrote:
>
> > > and get DD-MM-YYYY, but with well formed YYYY-MM-DD it doesn't match!. Is
> > > this a bug?.
> > It would help if you send the code you're using, 'cause we can't see
> > what you're doing now. FAFAIK it should just be possible. See the
>
> Sure:
>
> --- start ---
>
> $datenews = urldecode($datenews); // just in case, but it's the same
> // without this line and the one below.
> $datenews = trim($datenews);
>
> if (!ereg("([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{1,2})-([0-9]{1,2})", $datenews, $regs)) {
> echo "Duh! that is not a date, u kiddie: $datenews.";
> exit;
> }
> else echo "Cool! it is a date. Continue the proggie.";
>
> --- end ---
>
> where $datenews is passed as a get variable, which is obtained with this:
>
> --- start ---
>
> // the $regs array comes from the ereg expression above (the one which
> // doesn't work as expected).
>
> $timestamp = mktime(0,0,0,$regs[2],$regs[3],$regs[1]);
> $yesterday = $timestamp - 86400; // one day before... that's yesterday :)
> $yesternews = date("Y-m-d",$yesterday);
>
> // here I pass the new datenews to myself:
>
> print "<a href=\"$PHP_SELF?datenews=".urlencode($yesternews)."\">Older news</a>\n";
>
> --- end ---
>
> This sometimes work, but sometimes it doesn't randomly, even with the same
> date both times, and the worst thing is that the "failure notice" prints
> the right date in the right format. Now I went back to php-4.0.6
> (apache-1.3.20, rh-7.1) and it's the same. Any help is appreciated. Thank
> you.
>
> Regards.
> R.
</Original message>
<Reply>
Ehhh... works fine here! Dunno what's wrong. Don't you do anything
else within your code that can f#ck up the date? I have absolutely
no problems with the piece of code you've send. I went through
almost a complete year using the link it produces. No prob at all.
Btw; you can just use:
$yesternews = date("Y-m-d", mktime(0,0,0,$regs[2],$regs[3]-1,$regs[1]));
PHP will make sure it produces a correct date. Then you don't have
to works with timestamps and seconds and stuff. Just let PHP do all
the work. That's what it's designed for :)
</Reply>
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