How would i apply an if statement in an input field if i want the input to be exactly in MM/DD/YYYY format? Any other input that is different from this format i would echo out an error statement.
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How would i apply an if statement in an input field if i want the input to be exactly in MM/DD/YYYY format? Any other input that is different from this format i would echo out an error statement.
You could use a regular expresion for that:
The
#are just preg_match delimiters. The^and$mark start and end for the subject to match. And each\dis a placeholder which will match a decimal. The/are literal slashes which preg_match will test for.You could also add
(capture)groups to test the individual decimal blocks for conformity. I would do that separately to check for alternating formats. But for your purposes, it could be: