php date validation

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Im trying to to set up a php date validation (MM/DD/YYYY) but I'm having issues. Here is a sample of what I got:

$date_regex = '%\A(0[1-9]|1[012])[- /.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[- /.](19|20)\d\d\z%'; 

$test_date = '03/22/2010'; 
if (preg_match($date_regex, $test_date,$_POST['birthday']) ==true) {
    $errors[] = 'user name most have no spaces';`
validation date php
13 Answers

This function working well,

function validateDate($date, $format = 'm/d/Y'){
    $d = DateTime::createFromFormat($format, $date);
    return $d && $d->format($format) === $date;
}
user_84100710

I think it will help somebody.

function isValidDate($thedate) {
    $data = [
        'separators' => array("/", "-", "."),
        'date_array' => '',
        'day_index' => '',
        'year' => '',
        'month' => '',
        'day' => '',
        'status' => false
    ];

    // loop through to break down the date
    foreach ($data['separators'] as $separator) {
        $data['date_array'] = explode($separator, $thedate);
        if (count($data['date_array']) == 3) {
            $data['status'] = true;
            break;
        }
    }

    // err, if more than 4 character or not int
    if ($data['status']) {
        foreach ($data['date_array'] as $value) {
            if (strlen($value) > 4 || !is_numeric($value)) {
                $data['status'] = false;
                break;
            }
        }
    }

    // get the year
    if ($data['status']) {
        if (strlen($data['date_array'][0]) == 4) {
            $data['year'] = $data['date_array'][0];
            $data['day_index'] = 2;
        }elseif (strlen($data['date_array'][2]) == 4) {
            $data['year'] = $data['date_array'][2];
            $data['day_index'] = 0;
        }else {
            $data['status'] = false;
        }
    }

    // get the month
    if ($data['status']) {
        if (strlen($data['date_array'][1]) == 2) {
            $data['month'] = $data['date_array'][1];
        }else {
            $data['status'] = false;
        }
    }

    // get the day
    if ($data['status']) {
        if (strlen($data['date_array'][$data['day_index']]) == 2) {
            $data['day'] = $data['date_array'][$data['day_index']];
        }else {
            $data['status'] = false;
        }
    }

    // finally validate date
    if ($data['status']) {
        return checkdate($data['month'] , $data['day'], $data['year']);
    }

    return false;
}
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