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<?php function is_valid_date($value, $format = 'dd.mm.yyyy'){ if(strlen($value) >= 6 && strlen($format) == 10){ // find separator. Remove all other characters from $format $separator_only = str_replace(array('m','d','y'),'', $format); $separator = $separator_only[0]; // separator is first character if($separator && strlen($separator_only) == 2){ // make regex $regexp = str_replace('mm', '(0?[1-9]|1[0-2])', $format); $regexp = str_replace('dd', '(0?[1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-1])', $regexp); $regexp = str_replace('yyyy', '((?:19|20)\d\d)', $regexp); $regexp = str_replace($separator, "\\" . $separator, $regexp); echo ($regexp."<br>\n"); if($regexp != $value && preg_match('/'.$regexp.'\z/', $value)){ // check date $arr=explode($separator,$value); $day=$arr[0]; $month=$arr[1]; $year=$arr[2]; if(@checkdate($month, $day, $year)) return true; } } } return false; } var_dump(is_valid_date('22.22.2222', 'mm.dd.yyyy')); // returns false var_dump(is_valid_date('11/30/2008', 'mm/dd/yyyy')); // returns true var_dump(is_valid_date('30-01-2008', 'dd-mm-yyyy')); // returns true var_dump(is_valid_date('2008 01 30', 'yyyy mm dd')); // returns true

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