[SOLVED] month validation by name

[scarhand]

im trying to validate whether or not a proper month name was entered in a form

 

heres my script (does not work)

 

the variable $birthmonth refers to a month by name, i.e. November, October, etc.

 

<?php
  if (date("n", $birthmonth) != range(1, 12))
  {
    $errormsg = 'You have specified an invalid month of birth';
  }
?>

[kenrbnsn]

Set up an array of the proper month names and then check whether the entered name is in that array:

<?php
$mnts = array('january','february','march','april','may','june','july','august','september','october','november','december');
if (!in_array(strtolower($birthmonth),$mnts))
     $errormsg = 'You have specified an invalid month of birth';
?>

 

Ken

[rarebit]

Also this usage doesn't work!

if (3 == range(1, 12))
{
print 'Yes';
}
else
{
print 'No';
}

[Barand]

try

  if (strtotime("1 $birthmonth") == 0)
  {
    echo 'You have specified an invalid month of birth';
  }

[scarhand]

try

  if (strtotime("1 $birthmonth") == 0)
  {
    echo 'You have specified an invalid month of birth';
  }

 

worked like a charm!