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stz184 on 10/21/10


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Validate date

 / Published in: PHP
 

Check date with format YYYY-MM-DD is valid date in the past. Useful for birthday check - you can't specify birth date in the future, right?

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  1. function is_date($date) {
  2. 	$d = explode('-', $date);
  3. 	if(count($d) != 3) {
  4. 		return false;
  5. 	}
  6. 	else {
  7. 		if(is_numeric($d[0]) && is_numeric($d[1]) && is_numeric($d[2])) {
  8. 			if(checkdate($d[1], $d[2], $d[0])) {
  9. 				if(strtotime($date) > time()){
  10. 					return false;
  11. 				}
  12. 				else {
  13. 					return true;
  14. 				}
  15. 			}
  16. 			else {
  17. 				return false;
  18. 			}
  19. 		}
  20. 		else {
  21. 			return false;
  22. 		}
  23. 	}
  24. }

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