String validation with a pattern with php

Question

I need to check a string like 1234567 01-01-74 (without the quotes).

My string's first numeric value has to be 7 digits in length, followed by space, then a date string with - between the day, month and year digits.

How do I do that?

Should avoid this question because of regular expression fanboys.. but I'll try to help anyhow.. Does the date have to be valid? — zaf
– zaf, Commented Jul 24, 2011 at 12:26

Bojangles · Accepted Answer · 2011-07-24 12:29:40Z

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If I understand your question correctly, the following regular expression should work:

(\d{7}) \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}

Using preg_match() we can test to see if a string is valid or not:

// The "i" after the pattern delimiter indicates a case-insensitive search
if(preg_match("/(\d{7}) \d{2}-\d{2}-\d{2}/i", "1234567 01-01-74")) 
{
    // Valid string code here
    echo "Valid";
}
else 
{
    // Bad string code here
    echo "Not valid! Ogblog!";
}

answered Jul 24, 2011 at 12:29

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Bojangles Over a year ago

Not a problem Raj. Don't forget to mark this as correct and upvote if it all works out :-)

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