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PHP CRUD Operations with PHP Creating Records Validating User Data

Gurveer Singh
Gurveer Singh
11,367 Points
Posted by Gurveer Singh
Gurveer Singh
11,367 Points

can't analyze problem, can anyone plz help

Before adding a date to a MySQL database, we want to make sure that it's in the proper format: YYYY-MM-DD

1 Split the date into its 3 parts using explode(), with the dash (-) character. 2 Check that each part is the proper number of digits. 3 Check that the entered value is actually a valid date. If any of the steps 1-3 fail, return false. If the date makes it through the validation, return true.

index.php 
<?php

function valid_sql_date($date) {
    //add code here
$datecheck = explode('-', $date);
  if (count($datecheck) != 3
    || strlen($datecheck[0]) != 4
    || strlen($datecheck[1]) != 2 
    || strlen($datecheck[2]) != 2  
    || !checkdate($datecheck[2], $datecheck[1], $datecheck[0]))

  {

    return false;

  }

  else
  {
     return true; 
   }
}