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<?php $res = array(); $btn = "17/08/2014"; preg_match("/^(0[1-9]|[1-2][0-9]|3[0-1])\/(0[1-9]|1[0-2])\/[0-9]{4}$/",$btn,$res); var_dump($res);

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