PHP valid date issue

Hi Webdevelopers,

I am trying to validate the "date" in this script:

PHP Code:

function save($property_id = false) {

        $property = $this->Order->Property->find("Property.id = '$property_id'", array('Property.ref_no','Property.type','Content.title','Content.name'));

        

        $edit = $this->Editor->actionForm(false);

        if($edit->validateForm(&$this->Editor->post)) {

            // Property info

            $this->msg['edit_title_property'] = $this->msg["msg_property_type_{$property['Property']['type']}_cap"];

            $edit->fields['property']->valueTemplate = $property['Property']['ref_no'].' - '.$property['Content']['name'];



            // Render form

            $edit->actions['save']->url->pass = array($property_id);

            $this->set('edit', $edit);

        } else {            

            // save            

            //we($edit->data);

            $edit->data['Order']['property_id'] = $property_id;

            $this->Order->create();

            $this->Order->save($edit->data);

            

            // Send notification

            $edit->data['Order']['property_name'] = $property['Property']['type']." ".$property['Property']['ref_no']."-".$property['Content']['name'];

            $edit->data['Order']['sent_date'] = date("d-m-Y", time());

            $edit->data['Order']['arrival_date'] = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($edit->data['Order']['arrival_date']));

            $edit->data['Order']['departure_date'] = date("d-m-Y", strtotime($edit->data['Order']['departure_date']));

            $this->_notification('order', $edit->data['Order'],  $this->Preference->field('email_notification'));
I am trying to do this, because our customers usually forget to input the proper date, how can I lock the date if they left the defaut date (today date).

PHP:

Thanks for your help

Cheers
Kal

 

Since your sent_date contains todays date you can simply compare those:

if ($edit->data['Order']['arrival_date'] == $edit->data['Order']['sent_date'] || $edit->data['Order']['departure_date'] == $edit->data['Order']['sent_date'])) {}

PHP:

oh, and strtotime will return false or -1 if the date is invalid, so you could check for that too.

 

Thanks-you!