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

$myregex = '~^\d{2}/\d{2}/\d{4}$~';

The regex matched because you just require that pattern anywhere in the string. What you want is only that pattern and nothing else. So add ^ and $.

Note that this still doesn't mean the value is a valid date. 99/99/9999 will pass that test. I'd use:

if (!DateTime::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $string))