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PHP CRUD Operations with PHP Creating Records Validating User Data

Posted by Miguel Zayas
Miguel Zayas
8,704 Points

Date validation

I am trying to solve this exercise can somebody help me

index.php 
<?php

function valid_sql_date($date) {
    //add code here
  $datex = explode("-",$date);

  if( strlen($datex[0] != 2) ||
     strlen($datex[1] != 2) || strlen($datex[2] != 4) ||
     !checkdate($datex[0],$datex[1],$datex[2])){
   return true;
  }else{
    return false; 
  }

}

1 Answer

Oziel Perez
Oziel Perez
61,321 Points
Oziel Perez
Oziel Perez
61,321 Points

You are checking the date parts backwards. The date that is supplied to you is in this format: "YYYY-MM-DD". Simply switch $datex[0] with $datex[2]