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at January 21, 2011 07:06 by Tate


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public static function validateDate( $date, $format='YYYY-MM-DD')
    {
        switch( $format )
        {
            case 'YYYY/MM/DD':
            case 'YYYY-MM-DD':
            list( $y, $m, $d ) = preg_split( '/[-\.\/ ]/', $date );
            break;

            case 'YYYY/DD/MM':
            case 'YYYY-DD-MM':
            list( $y, $d, $m ) = preg_split( '/[-\.\/ ]/', $date );
            break;

            case 'DD-MM-YYYY':
            case 'DD/MM/YYYY':
            list( $d, $m, $y ) = preg_split( '/[-\.\/ ]/', $date );
            break;

            case 'MM-DD-YYYY':
            case 'MM/DD/YYYY':
            list( $m, $d, $y ) = preg_split( '/[-\.\/ ]/', $date );
            break;

            case 'YYYYMMDD':
            $y = substr( $date, 0, 4 );
            $m = substr( $date, 4, 2 );
            $d = substr( $date, 6, 2 );
            break;

            case 'YYYYDDMM':
            $y = substr( $date, 0, 4 );
            $d = substr( $date, 4, 2 );
            $m = substr( $date, 6, 2 );
            break;

            default:
            throw new Exception( "Invalid Date Format" );
        }
        return checkdate( $m, $d, $y );
    }

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Validate any date format with PHP

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PHP