ajax date check

[khile]

im trying to do a live date checker so for example if someone entered 26/10/2010 in the field it would be valid but if they entered tommorows date or 26/10/2011 if would tell them stright away its wrong

[akitchin]

for this you would need a simple PHP AJAX form validation script of some sort (jQuery's example is on their website). provided you can standardize the user's input, the PHP code to verify it should be simple:

 

1. validate the actual format of the date (see here for a quick tutorial on how to write this part).

2. convert the value to a timestamp using strtotime, and compare it against the current timestamp (using time).

[MPeter]

Hello, khile.

 

Look up here, too!

http://www.w3schools.com/js/default.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_ex_objects.asp

http://www.w3schools.com/jsref/tryit.asp?filename=tryjsref_gettime

 

The only thing the FORM does need to work could be that then:

var servermicroseconds = <?PHP echo(microtime(true)); ?>;

 

Have fun exploring!

 

Regards,

 

MPeter