[SOLVED] regex... formatting to [0-9]2-[0-2]2-[0-9]4 or similar

[blueman378]

well basically what im trying to do is make sure a string is formatted like so

 

15-03-1991

so it must be numbers only two chars then a - then numbers only two chars then a - then numbers only 4 chars.

 

any ideas?

[DarkWater]

<?php
$str = "15-03-1991";
if (preg_match('/\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4}/', $str)) {
    echo 'Good';
}
else {
    echo 'Bad';
}
?>

[ddrudik]

Probably should bound that with ^ and $ to test entire string:

<?php
$str = "15-03-1991";
echo preg_match('/^\d{2}-\d{2}-\d{4}$/', $str) ? "Good" : "Bad" ;
?>