The 'GetValidDate()' function ensure that the month, day, and year integers provided are within the allowable month-day combinations for the particular year. This is ideal for validating a date input from a set of drop downs, where a user could select 'February 31, 2003'. Using 'mktime()' will translate those values to 'March 3,2003' which although valid may not be the desired behaviour. This function will determine the proper date without spilling over into the next month and return the timestamp created. A sample use is included. Try selecting 'February 30,2003', 'February 30,2004' and 'November 31,2005' for a clearer picture of what this function does.
By : wmfwlr
<?
//** ©William Fowler (wmfwlr@cogeco.ca)
//** January 26/2004, Version 1.0
//** Returns: Timestamp
//** Get the adjusted timestamp associated with the day, month, and year
//** given. Months and days are indexed starting at one (1). Any date before
//** January 1, 1970 will be converted to year 1970 (due to 'mktime()'
//** limitations).
function GetValidDate($month=1, $day=1, $year=1970)
{
//** provide a default value and convert the day of the month given. Day
//** cannot be less than 1 or greater than 31.
$day = min(31, max(1, intval($day)));
//** provide a default value and convert the month number given. Month cannot
//** be less than 1 or greater than 12.
$month = min(12, max(1, intval($month)));
//** provide a default value and convert the day of the year number given.
$year = max(1970, intval($year));
//** handle compensating for day runover if the number of days selected is
//** greater than those allowable for the selected month.
switch($month)
{
//** if FEBRUARY the selected day must be corrected and a leap year must be
//** acounted for as well.
//** CHANGED JAN 26/2004 - corrected for leap year error.
case 2 :
if($day > 28)
$day = ($year % 4 == 0 && ($year % 100 != 0 || $year % 400 == 0)) ? 29 : 28;
break;
//** only maximum of thirty days in these months.
case 4 : //** APRIL
case 6 : //** JUNE
case 9 : //** SEPTEMBER
case 11 : //** NOVEMBER
$day = min(30, $day);
break;
}
//** construct the appropriate date timestamp from the parameters provided.
return mktime(0, 0, 0, $month, $day, $year);
}
?>
<html>
<body>
<form method="post">
<font face="verdana" size="2">
<i>Please choose a date:</i><br>
<select name="month">
<option value="1">January</option>
<option value="2">February</option>
<option value="3">March</option>
<option value="4">April</option>
<option value="5">May</option>
<option value="6">June</option>
<option value="7">July</option>
<option value="8">August</option>
<option value="9">September</option>
<option value="10">October</option>
<option value="11">November</option>
<option value="12">December</option>
</select>
<!-- generate a list of available days in a month, 1 to 31 -->
<select name="day">
<?
for($index=1; $index <= 31; $index++)
echo "<option value='$index'>$index</option>";
?>
</select>
<!-- generate a list of years to select -->
<select name="year">
<?
for($index=2000; $index <= 2025; $index++)
echo "<option value='$index'>$index</option>";
?>
</select>
<input type="submit" name="dodisplay" Value=" Validate "><br><br>
<!-- if this form was submitted display the date choosen. -->
<?
if(isset($_REQUEST["dodisplay"]))
{
echo "<i>You Choose:</i> <font color='blue'>",
date("F d, Y", GetValidDate($_REQUEST["month"],$_REQUEST["day"],$_REQUEST["year"])),
"</font> <i>(", "month=", $_REQUEST["month"], " day=", $_REQUEST["day"],
" year=", $_REQUEST["year"], ")</i>";
}
?>
</font>
</form>
</body>
</html>
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