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PHP CRUD Operations with PHP Creating Records Validating User Data

Sascha Schumacher
Sascha Schumacher
14,145 Points
Posted by Sascha Schumacher
Sascha Schumacher
14,145 Points

What is wrong?

Hey What is wrong?

index.php 
<?php

function valid_sql_date($date) {
    //add code here
  $dateMatch = explode('-',$date);
  if(count($dateMatch) == 3
    && strlen($dateMatch) == 4
    && strlen($dateMatch) == 2
    && strlen($dateMatch) == 2 && checkdate($dateMatch[0], $dateMatch[1], $dateMatch[2])){ return true; } 
     else{
     return false;
     }

}

2 Answers

Jason Anello
Jason Anello
Courses Plus Student 94,610 Points

Hi Sascha,

You have a few issues.

You're checking the string length on the array itself instead of one of the elements.

To check the year: 

strlen($dateMatch[0]) == 4

You also have the arguments for checkdate in the wrong order. You should pass in the month, day and then year.