ahh.. I was not aware the Date::Calc could catch illegal dates like 9/33/2002 i thinks i will use that. and I am also checking out your 'Form data checker' now.
THANKS !! > -----Original Message----- > From: fliptop [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 9:42 PM > To: Kipp, James > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: Re: Checking Form data > > > Kipp, James wrote: > > > What is the best way to validate form data. I have a form > which the user > > enters dates like '08/01/2002'. What is the best way to > make sure this > > format is entered. Should i use javascript here or regex? > > > i had some free time, so i decided to finish up some thoughts i have > regarding validating form data. i've developed a simple module to > perform basic validation and shown how to implement it. it's all > available here: > > http://www.peacecomputers.com/form_checker/ > > please send any errata or general comments directly to me, > not the list. > > many thanks to Eric Moore ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) for his help and > patience during development. > > please note that this module doesn't really answer the > question posed by > the original poster, namely 'how do i validate a date?' imho, i'd do > that like this (for slash-delimited dates only): > > use strict; > use Date::Calc qw(check_date); > > my @date = qw( 08/02/2002 > 7/3/2003 > 13/3/2006 > 09/33/2002 > al/df/ioji > 09/14/66 > ); > > for my $date (@date) { > my ($month, $day, $year) = split "/", $date; > > if (check_date($year,$month,$day)) { print "$date is kosher\n"; } > else { print "$date is uncool\n"; } > } > > OUTPUT > > 08/02/2002 is kosher > 7/3/2003 is kosher > 13/3/2006 is uncool > 09/33/2002 is uncool > Argument "ioji" isn't numeric in subroutine entry at try1.pl line 17. > Argument "al" isn't numeric in subroutine entry at try1.pl line 17. > Argument "df" isn't numeric in subroutine entry at try1.pl line 17. > al/df/ioji is uncool > 09/14/66 is kosher > > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
