What is the MM/DD/YYYY regular expression and how do I use it in php?
- by zeckdude
I found the regular expression for MM/DD/YYYY at http://www.regular-expressions.info/regexbuddy/datemmddyyyy.html but I don't think I am using it correctly.
Here's my code:
$date_regex = '(0[1-9]|1[012])[- /.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])[- /.](19|20)\d\d';
$test_date = '03/22/2010';
if(preg_match($date_regex, $test_date)) {
echo 'this date is formatted correctly';
} else {
echo 'this date is not formatted correctly';
}
When I run this, it still echoes 'this date is not formatted correctly', when it should be saying the opposite. How do I set this regular expression up in php?
