What is the MM/DD/YYYY regular expression and how do I use it in php?

Question

I found the regular expression for MM/DD/YYYY at http://www.regular-expressions.info/regexbuddy/datemmddyyyy.html but I don\'t think I am using it correctly.

Here\'s

Answer 1

you can use the checkdate() function as well. No need regex.

$str="03/22/2010";
list($mth,$day,$yr)=explode("/",$str);
var_dump(checkdate($mth,$day,$yr));