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check_date_parts()

Description

Check datepart conforms to its formatting and error out each section accordingly

Parameters

Column	Type	Default	Description
$parts
array	array		of the date parts

Return

string

Location

include/metadata_functions.php lines 247 to 288

Definition

 
function check_date_parts($parts)
    {
    global $lang;
    
    // Initialise error list holder
    $invalid_parts = array();
    
    // Check day part
    if (!checkdate('01',$parts[3],'2000'))
        {
        array_push($invalid_parts, 'day');
        } 
    // Check day month
    if (!checkdate($parts[2],'01','2000')) 
        {
        array_push($invalid_parts, 'month');
        } 
    // Check year part
    if (!checkdate('01','01',$parts[1])) 
        {
        array_push($invalid_parts, 'year');
        }
    // Check time part
    if (isset($parts[4]) && isset($parts[5])) 
        {
        if (!strtotime($parts[4] . ':' . $parts[5]))
            {
            array_push($invalid_parts, 'time');
            }
        }

    // No errors found return false
    if(empty($invalid_parts))
        {
        return false;
        } 
    // Return errors found
    else
        {
        return str_replace("%parts%", implode(", ", $invalid_parts), $lang["date_format_error"]);
        }
    }


This article was last updated 29th November 2023 13:05 Europe/London time based on the source file dated 27th June 2023 12:20 Europe/London time.