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I have never collected DOB before. This is the first time i am doing it.
What is the best way to first of all collect dob from the php form?
Do i allow them to enter it as 12/03/1979 or something like 12031979.
And do i need 3 fields in the db like month, day, and year?
And then for the db, what do i select for the type, date? I want to be able to reuse this data for research purposes later.
Thanks a bunch!
Do you mean Date of Birth?
You will use DATE as datatype.
For the GUI, I suggest using three dropdown boxes: Year, Month and Day. Use 4 digits for years and month names (rather than numbers) to make it crystal clear.
Under no circumstances let the user enter a date in a text field, because you won’t be able to parse it correctly afterwards.