[SOLVED] validating the date

runnerjp · June 3, 2009

ok so for my form im getting users to entre the date in the db via textbox...

im using the date validation shown below

<?php function goof_check($dat,$titl,$locn,$desc,$itsok)
{
  GLOBAL $itsok;
  $goof_msg = ""; // clear error message string on entry  
  // pseudo-check on date information
  $pieces = explode("-", $dat);
  $yy = strlen($pieces[0]);
  $mm = strlen($pieces[1]);
  $dd = strlen($pieces[2]);
  if (($dd<2)|| ($mm<2) || ($yy<4) )
  {
    $goof_msg = "Date error: yyyy-mm-dd format is required boss<br />";
  }
  
// if (strlen($titl)<10)  { $goof_msg.="Title is too short<br />"; }
  //if (strlen($locn)<10)  { $goof_msg.="Location is too short<br />"; }
  if (strlen($desc)<10)  { $goof_msg.="Event description is too short<br />"; }
  
  if ($goof_msg)
  { 
    echo "<p><font color='#cc3333'><strong>Data Entry Error[s]</strong></font><br>". $goof_msg. "</font></p>";  
    $itsok = "0";
  }
  return $itsok;
} ?>

but if i add the date as how i would like it dd-mm-yy i get the error... the only way its letitng me entre it is via yyy-mm-dd , my question is how cna i chnage this?

Ken2k7 · June 3, 2009

Change

  $yy = strlen($pieces[0]);
  $mm = strlen($pieces[1]);
  $dd = strlen($pieces[2]);

To

  $yy = strlen($pieces[2]);
  $mm = strlen($pieces[1]);
  $dd = strlen($pieces[0]);

laffin · June 3, 2009

ya see why ppl like regex

if(!preg_match('/^(\d{2,2})-(\d{2,2})-(\d{4,4})$/',$dat,$pieces)
{
   $goof_msg = "Date error: yyyy-mm-dd format is required boss<br />";
}

bout the only difference is the $pieces, return an array of:

0: (01-05-2009)

1: (01)

2: (05)

3: (2009)

yep, 0 index should be the same as $dat

runnerjp · June 3, 2009

humm ok i now have a problem with displayign the events under the calander

<?php 
$ev_dat = array();
for ($i=0;$i<32;$i++) {
    $ev_dat[$i]=0;
}

$now = date("Y-m-d", time());
list($ty, $tm, $td) = explode('-',$now); // ty=thisyear, etc. used for highlighting 'today'

include("cal_parms.php"); // assorted configuration variables
include($dat_names); // retrieved from cal_parms.php as a 'language' file

if (!isset($_GET['m'])) { 
    $m = date("m",mktime()); 
} else {
    $m = $_GET['m'];
}
if (!isset($_GET['y'])) {
    $y = date("Y",mktime());
} else {
    $y = $_GET['y'];
}

/*== get what weekday the first is on ==*/ 
$tmpd = getdate(mktime(0,0,0,$m,1,$y)); 
$month = $tmpd["month"]; 
$firstwday= $tmpd["wday"]; 
if ($firstDayIsMonday == 1) {
if ($firstwday == 0) {
	$firstwday = 6;
} else {
	$firstwday--;
}
}
$lastday = mk_getLastDayofMonth($m,$y); 

/*== get the last day of the month ==*/ 
function mk_getLastDayofMonth($mon,$year) 
{
    for ($tday=28; $tday <= 31; $tday++) 
    {
        $tdate = getdate(mktime(0,0,0,$mon,$tday,$year)); 
        if ($tdate["mon"] != $mon) 
        { 
            break;
        }
    }
    $tday--; 
    return $tday; 
}
  
// compute range of dates for this month to match dates in database in the format yyyy-mm-dd
if (strlen($m)<2) {
    $q="0";
    $q.=$m;
}
else {
    $q = $m;
}	
$dats_beg = $y. "-". $q. "-01";
$dats_en = $lastday. "-". $q. "-".$y ;
  
// open db conn and select all records where date is between $dats_beg and $dats_en
include("cal_db_conn.php");
mysql_connect($db_host, $db_login, $db_pass) or die ("Can't connect!"); 
mysql_select_db($db_name) or die ("Can't open database!"); 
$query = "SELECT * FROM $db_table WHERE (ev_dat>='$dats_beg') AND (ev_dat<='$dats_en') "; 
  
$result = mysql_db_query($db_name, $query); ?>

instead of gaining the months form the db as / compute range of dates for this month to match dates in database in the format yyyy-mm-dd

they are now stored as dd-mm-yyyy so what would i need to chnage to find this?

runnerjp · June 3, 2009

wait got it forgot to chnage $dats_beg = $y. "-". $q. "-01";

runnerjp · June 3, 2009

OK THAT DIDNT DO IT!

so if i have chnaged the data to dd-mm-yyyy

what would i need to chnage this too so it now works with dd-mm-yyy to find events held on that day??

<?php // compute range of dates for this month to match dates in database in the format yyyy-mm-dd
if (strlen($m)<2) {
    $q="0";
    $q.=$m;
}
else {
    $q = $m;
}    
$dats_beg = $y. "-". $q. "-01";
$dats_en = $y. "-". $q. "-". $lastday;
  
// open db conn and select all records where date is between $dats_beg and $dats_en
include("cal_db_conn.php");
mysql_connect($db_host, $db_login, $db_pass) or die ("Can't connect!"); 
mysql_select_db($db_name) or die ("Can't open database!"); 
$query = "SELECT * FROM $db_table WHERE (ev_dat>='$dats_beg') AND (ev_dat<='$dats_en') "; 
  
$result = mysql_db_query($db_name, $query); 
// any matches?
if ($result)
{
    // handle the matches and pass relevant info to arrays
    while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
    { 
        $found = $myrow['ev_dat'];
        $pieces = explode("-", $found);
        $dd = intval($pieces[2]);
        $ev_dat[$dd] = $myrow['id'];
    }
}
?> 
<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0" bgcolor="#<? echo $bg_edge; ?>"> 
<tr><td colspan="7" bgcolor="#<? echo $bg_top; ?>"> 
<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%"> 
<tr bgcolor="#<? echo $bg_top; ?>"><th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?m=<?=(($m-1)<1) ? 12 : $m-1 ?>&y=<?=(($m-1)<1) ? $y-1 : $y ?>"><img src='http://www.runningprofiles.com/calendar/images/prev.gif' height='18' width='18' alt='' border='0' /></a></th> 
<th style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>">
<?php
echo  "<a href='../members/diary/show-month.php?mon=". $m. "&yr=". $y. "'rel=\"facebox\">";
echo "<span style='text-decoration:none'>". $mo[intval($m)]. " ". $y. "</span></a>";
?>
</th> 
<th width="20" style="<? echo $hcell; ?>"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?m=<?=(($m+1)>12) ? 1 : $m+1 ?>&y=<?=(($m+1)>12) ? $y+1 : $y ?>"><img src='http://www.runningprofiles.com/calendar/images/next.gif' height='18' width='18' border='0' alt='' /></a></th> 
</tr>
</table> 
</td></tr> 
<tr bgcolor="#<? echo $bg_top; ?>">
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[1]; ?></th>
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[2]; ?></th> 
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[3]; ?></th>
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[4]; ?></th>
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[5]; ?></th>
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[6]; ?></th> 
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[7]; ?></th>
</tr> 
    
<?  
$d = 1; 
$wday = $firstwday; 
$firstweek = true; 
/*== loop through all the days of the month ==*/ 
while ( $d <= $lastday) 
{ 
    /*== set up blank days for first week ==*/ 
    if ($firstweek) 
    {
        if ($wday!=0) {     
            echo "<tr bgcolor='#". $bg_tabl. "'>\n";
            for ($i=1; $i<=$firstwday; $i++) { 
                 echo "<td style='". $tcell. "' bgcolor='#". $bg_fill. "'> </td>\n"; 
            }
        }
        /*== Sunday start week with <tr> ==*/ 
        else { 
            echo "<tr bgcolor='#". $bg_tabl. "'>\n";
        } 
        $firstweek = false;
    }
    /*== check for event ==*/   
    echo "<td style='". $tcell. "' ";
    // is this day 'today' AND there's no event today
    if (($ty==$y) && ($tm==$m) && ($td == $d) && (!$ev_dat[$d])) { 
        echo "bgcolor='#". $bg_now. "'>". $d;
    }
    elseif ($ev_dat[$d]) {
        // get what's happening that day and use as 'mouseOver' for the link
        $query = "SELECT * FROM $db_table WHERE id=$ev_dat[$d] ";
        $result = mysql_query($query); 
        $ev = mysql_fetch_array($result);
        $titl = $ev['ev_title'];
        echo "bgcolor='#". $bg_act. "'>";
        $url = "../members/diary/show.php?event=". $ev_dat[$d]. "&sho=". $win_sho;
      
             echo "<a href=' $url' rel=\"facebox\" title=\"". $titl. "\">". $d. "</a>";
       
    }
    else {
        echo "bgcolor='#". $bg_days. "'>". $d; 
    }
    echo "</td>\n"; 

    /*== Saturday end week with </tr> ==*/ 
    if ($wday==6) {
        echo "</tr>\n"; 
    }
    $wday++; 
    $wday = $wday % 7; 
    if (($wday==0) AND ($d!=$lastday)){ echo "<tr bgcolor='#". $bg_tabl. "'>\n"; }
        $d++; 
    }
    // and close off the table
    if (($wday!=7) AND ($wday!=0)) {
        for ($i=$wday; $i<=6; $i++) {
            echo "<td style='". $tcell. "' bgcolor='#". $bg_fill. "'> </td>\n";
        }
        echo "</tr>";
    } 
echo "\n</table>"; 
include("win_open.php");
?>

runnerjp · June 4, 2009

bmp

otuatail · June 4, 2009

Whould it help if you had 3 drop down boxes for day month and year. There are too many problems. Americans tend to use mm-d-yyyy and you are assumming the user will enter "-" and not "/". Dates are difficult.

Desmond.

BioBob · June 4, 2009

I suggest using checkdate()

http://us2.php.net/checkdate

bool checkdate ( int $month , int $day , int $year )

Returns TRUE if the date given is valid; otherwise returns FALSE.

<?php

var_dump(checkdate(12, 31, 2000));

var_dump(checkdate(2, 29, 2001));

?>

The above example will output:

bool(true)

bool(false)

runnerjp · June 4, 2009

im more looking to chnage the code allready in place as the system works fine, but form feedback iv been asked to chnage it too dd-mm-yyyy as the main base is UK.

runnerjp · June 4, 2009

ok i dont get it. in my db i have an event called test stored as 03-06-2009 but if you look at this link http://www.runningprofiles.com/members/diary/cal_show.php?m=6&y=2009 its displayed on every month on the 3rd date :S

<?php 
$ev_dat = array();
for ($i=0;$i<32;$i++) {
    $ev_dat[$i]=0;
}

$now = date("d-m-Y", time());
list($td, $tm, $ty) = explode('-',$now); // ty=thisyear, etc. used for highlighting 'today'

include("cal_parms.php"); // assorted configuration variables
include($dat_names); // retrieved from cal_parms.php as a 'language' file

if (!isset($_GET['m'])) { 
    $m = date("m",mktime()); 
} else {
    $m = $_GET['m'];
}
if (!isset($_GET['y'])) {
    $y = date("Y",mktime());
} else {
    $y = $_GET['y'];
}

/*== get what weekday the first is on ==*/ 
$tmpd = getdate(mktime(0,0,0,$m,1,$y)); 
$month = $tmpd["month"]; 
$firstwday= $tmpd["wday"]; 
if ($firstDayIsMonday == 1) {
    if ($firstwday == 0) {
        $firstwday = 6;
    } else {
        $firstwday--;
    }
}
$lastday = mk_getLastDayofMonth($m,$y); 

/*== get the last day of the month ==*/ 
function mk_getLastDayofMonth($mon,$year) 
{
    for ($tday=28; $tday <= 31; $tday++) 
    {
        $tdate = getdate(mktime(0,0,0,$mon,$tday,$year)); 
        if ($tdate["mon"] != $mon) 
        { 
            break;
        }
    }
    $tday--; 
    return $tday; 
}
  
// compute range of dates for this month to match dates in database in the format yyyy-mm-dd
if (strlen($m)<2) {
    $q="0";
    $q.=$m;
}
else {
    $q = $m;
}    
$dats_beg = "01-". $q."-". $y ;
$dats_en =  $lastday . "-". $q. "-".$y ;
  
// open db conn and select all records where date is between $dats_beg and $dats_en
include("cal_db_conn.php");
mysql_connect($db_host, $db_login, $db_pass) or die ("Can't connect!"); 
mysql_select_db($db_name) or die ("Can't open database!"); 
$query = "SELECT * FROM $db_table WHERE (ev_dat>='$dats_beg') AND (ev_dat<='$dats_en') "; 
  
$result = mysql_db_query($db_name, $query); 
// any matches?
if ($result)
{
    // handle the matches and pass relevant info to arrays
    while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) 
    { 
        $found = $myrow['ev_dat'];
        $pieces = explode("-", $found);
        $dd = intval($pieces[0]);
        $ev_dat[$dd] = $myrow['id'];
    }
}
?> 
<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0" bgcolor="#<? echo $bg_edge; ?>"> 
<tr><td colspan="7" bgcolor="#<? echo $bg_top; ?>"> 
<table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" border="0" width="100%"> 
<tr bgcolor="#<? echo $bg_top; ?>"><th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?m=<?=(($m-1)<1) ? 12 : $m-1 ?>&y=<?=(($m-1)<1) ? $y-1 : $y ?>"><img src='http://www.runningprofiles.com/calendar/images/prev.gif' height='18' width='18' alt='' border='0' /></a></th> 
<th style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>">
<?php
echo  "<a href='../members/diary/show-month.php?mon=". $m. "&yr=". $y. "'rel=\"facebox\">";
echo "<span style='text-decoration:none'>". $mo[intval($m)]. " ". $y. "</span></a>";
?>
</th> 
<th width="20" style="<? echo $hcell; ?>"><a href="<? echo $_SERVER['PHP_SELF']; ?>?m=<?=(($m+1)>12) ? 1 : $m+1 ?>&y=<?=(($m+1)>12) ? $y+1 : $y ?>"><img src='http://www.runningprofiles.com/calendar/images/next.gif' height='18' width='18' border='0' alt='' /></a></th> 
</tr>
</table> 
</td></tr> 
<tr bgcolor="#<? echo $bg_top; ?>">
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[1]; ?></th>
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[2]; ?></th> 
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[3]; ?></th>
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[4]; ?></th>
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[5]; ?></th>
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[6]; ?></th> 
<th width="20" style="<?php echo $hcell; ?>"><? echo $da[7]; ?></th>
</tr> 
    
<?  
$d = 1; 
$wday = $firstwday; 
$firstweek = true; 
/*== loop through all the days of the month ==*/ 
while ( $d <= $lastday) 
{ 
    /*== set up blank days for first week ==*/ 
    if ($firstweek) 
    {
        if ($wday!=0) {     
            echo "<tr bgcolor='#". $bg_tabl. "'>\n";
            for ($i=1; $i<=$firstwday; $i++) { 
                 echo "<td style='". $tcell. "' bgcolor='#". $bg_fill. "'> </td>\n"; 
            }
        }
        /*== Sunday start week with <tr> ==*/ 
        else { 
            echo "<tr bgcolor='#". $bg_tabl. "'>\n";
        } 
        $firstweek = false;
    }
    /*== check for event ==*/   
    echo "<td style='". $tcell. "' ";
    // is this day 'today' AND there's no event today
    if (($ty==$y) && ($tm==$m) && ($td == $d) && (!$ev_dat[$d])) { 
        echo "bgcolor='#". $bg_now. "'>". $d;
    }
    elseif ($ev_dat[$d]) {
        // get what's happening that day and use as 'mouseOver' for the link
        $query = "SELECT * FROM $db_table WHERE id=$ev_dat[$d] ";
        $result = mysql_query($query); 
        $ev = mysql_fetch_array($result);
        $titl = $ev['ev_title'];
        echo "bgcolor='#". $bg_act. "'>";
        $url = "../members/diary/show.php?event=". $ev_dat[$d]. "&sho=". $win_sho;
      
             echo "<a href=' $url' rel=\"facebox\" title=\"". $titl. "\">". $d. "</a>";
       
    }
    else {
        echo "bgcolor='#". $bg_days. "'>". $d; 
    }
    echo "</td>\n"; 

    /*== Saturday end week with </tr> ==*/ 
    if ($wday==6) {
        echo "</tr>\n"; 
    }
    $wday++; 
    $wday = $wday % 7; 
    if (($wday==0) AND ($d!=$lastday)){ echo "<tr bgcolor='#". $bg_tabl. "'>\n"; }
        $d++; 
    }
    // and close off the table
    if (($wday!=7) AND ($wday!=0)) {
        for ($i=$wday; $i<=6; $i++) {
            echo "<td style='". $tcell. "' bgcolor='#". $bg_fill. "'> </td>\n";
        }
        echo "</tr>";
    } 
echo "\n</table>"; 
include("win_open.php");
?>

laffin · June 4, 2009

<?php
function datecheck($dat)
{
  if(preg_match('/^(\d{1,2})[-\/](\d{1,2})[-\/](\d{4,4})/',$dat,$pieces))
  {
      $mm=$pieces[1];
      $dd=$pieces[2];
      $yy=$pieces[3];
  } elseif(preg_match('/^(\d{4,4})[-\/](\d{1,2})[-\/](\d{1,2})/',$dat,$pieces))
  {
      $mm=$pieces[2];
      $dd=$pieces[3];
      $yy=$pieces[1];  
  }
  if(isset($mm) && !checkdate($mm,$dd,$yy))
    unset($mm);
  return isset($mm)?"{$mm}-{$dd}-{$yy}":FALSE;
}

var_dump(datecheck('12-31-20001'));
var_dump(datecheck('02-29-20001'));
var_dump(datecheck('20001-01-15'));
var_dump(datecheck('07-04-20010'));
var_dump(datecheck('07-32-20010'));

?>

This should work, with both formats

and return a valid date in the format yyyy-mm-dd

now for sql ya want to read this: DATE_FORMAT()

so in yer queries ya wud use DATE_FORMAT($dat,'%Y-%m-%d') instead of $dat

or ya could use the routine above to convert from MySQL to yer date format

runnerjp · June 4, 2009

if i add the code above to the current code and where do i add DATE_FORMAT($dat,'%Y-%m-%d') sorry?? would this then convert from my db 2 the prefered output and show the correct date ?

laffin · June 4, 2009

DATE_FORMAT is used in yer queries to MySQL

u can have MySQL return in your format if you use that function.

Read the link provided, and play with it

the routine I posted, just validates the date in one of two formats (this is for php side of things)

mm-dd-yyyy or yyyy-mm-dd

and returns FALSE if the date is invalid format or just invalid (as per suggestion by BioBob)

runnerjp · June 4, 2009

ok im onto it...thanks

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