PHP date validation

Date Validation yyyy-mm-dd

<?php
/* 
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website: http://4evertutorials.blogspot.in/
*/


$date = '2013-06-27';

function isValidDate($date)
{
 if(preg_match("/^(\d{4})-(\d{2})-(\d{2})$/", $date, $matches))
 {
  if(checkdate($matches[2], $matches[3], $matches[1]))
  {
   return true;
  }
 }
}

if(isValidDate($date)){
 echo 'valid date';
} else
{
 echo 'invalid date';
}

?>

Date Validation dd-mm-yyyy

<?php
/* 
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website: http://4evertutorials.blogspot.in/
*/

$date = '27-06-2013';

function isValidDate($date)
{
 if(preg_match("/^(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})$/", $date, $matches))
 {

  if(checkdate($matches[2], $matches[1], $matches[3]))
  {
   return true;
  }
 }
}

if(isValidDate($date))
{
 echo 'valid date';
} else
{
 echo 'invalid date';
}


?>

Date Validation mm-dd-yyyy

<?php
/* 
Online PHP Examples with Source Code
website: http://4evertutorials.blogspot.in/
*/


$date = '06-27-2013';

function isValidDate($date)
{
 if(preg_match("/^(\d{2})-(\d{2})-(\d{4})$/", $date, $matches))
{
  if(checkdate($matches[1], $matches[2], $matches[3]))
  {
   return true;
  }
 }
}

if(isValidDate($date)){
 echo 'valid date';
} else
{
 echo 'invalid date';
}

?>

Date Validation dd-mmm-yyyy

<?php
/* 
Online PHP Examples with Source Code
website: http://4evertutorials.blogspot.in/
*/


$date = '27-Jun-2013';

function isValidDate($date)
{
 if(preg_match("/^(\d{2})-(Jan|Feb|Mar|Apr|May|Jun|Jul|Aug|Sep|Oct|Nov|Dec)-(\d{4})$/", $date, $matches)) 
 {
  $month = array('Jan'=>'01'
         ,'Feb'=>'02'
         ,'Mar'=>'03'
         ,'Apr'=>'04'
         ,'May'=>'05'
         ,'Jun'=>'06'
         ,'Jul'=>'07'
         ,'Aug'=>'08'
         ,'Sep'=>'09'
         ,'Oct'=>'10'
         ,'Nov'=>'11'
         ,'Dec'=>'12'
        );

  if(checkdate($month[$matches[2]],$matches[1],$matches[3]))
  {
   return true;
  }
 }
}

if(isValidDate($date))
{
 echo 'valid date';
} else
{
 echo 'invalid date';
}

?>

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