Using filter_var() to verify date?

Question

I\'m obviously not using filter_var() correctly. I need to check that the user has entered a valid date, in the form \"dd/mm/yyyy\".

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Answer 1

$myregex = "~^(19|20)\d\d[- /.](0[1-9]|1[012])[- /.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$~";

print filter_var("bad 01/02/2012 bad",FILTER_VALIDATE_REGEXP,array("options"=>array("regexp"=> $myregex)));