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Date format validation in PHP

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  1. function checkDateFormat($date)
  2. {
  3.     //match the format of the date
  4.     if (preg_match ("/^([0-9]{4})-([0-9]{2})-([0-9]{2})$/", $date, $parts))
  5.     {
  6.         //check weather the date is valid of not
  7.         if(checkdate($parts[2],$parts[3],$parts[1]))
  8.             return true;
  9.         else
  10.         return false;
  11.     }
  12.     else
  13.         return false;
  14. }

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