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Re: Verifying time in php

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On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 17:50:48 +0200, Michael Fesser wrote:
> .oO(houghi)
>
>>I am aware of those. However I can not figure out how to do a check on
>>all of them, without getting lost in if statements.
>>
>>See below where '-' means empty, 1 means any digit(s) and A means any no
>>digit(s). I have not shown all options.
>>[...]
>
> I wouldn't care too much about invalid inputs. Instead I would just take
> what I get and see what I can do with it.
>
> So I would explicitly cast all values to int (invalid or empty values
> will become 0), then just do a simple range check on all of the three
> values and then do the math.

Challenging curcumstance: "A" "B" "C" cast to int becomes 0:0:0, which
is a valid time.

Use the values submitted to make a valid format to throw at strptime()
perhaps... If it returns FALSE, it's not a valid time. Anything else is.

-- 
It is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe.  It is equally 
vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead 
	--E.W Dijkstra, 1930-2002

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Verifying time in php houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2012-10-14 11:45 +0200
  Re: Verifying time in php Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 10:25 +0000
    Re: Verifying time in php houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2012-10-14 13:50 +0200
      Re: Verifying time in php Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2012-10-14 21:12 +0000
  Re: Verifying time in php houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2012-10-14 12:30 +0200
    Re: Verifying time in php "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-14 15:03 +0200
      Re: Verifying time in php houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2012-10-14 17:16 +0200
        Re: Verifying time in php Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-10-14 17:50 +0200
          Re: Verifying time in php "M. Strobel" <sorry_no_mail_here@nowhere.dee> - 2012-10-14 18:22 +0200
          Re: Verifying time in php "Peter H. Coffin" <hellsop@ninehells.com> - 2012-10-14 11:41 -0500
            Re: Verifying time in php Martin Leese <please@see.Web.for.e-mail.INVALID> - 2012-10-14 11:06 -0600
              Re: Verifying time in php houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2012-10-14 19:41 +0200
            Re: Verifying time in php Michael Fesser <netizen@gmx.de> - 2012-10-14 21:03 +0200
              Re: Verifying time in php houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2012-10-14 22:39 +0200
        Re: Verifying time in php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2012-10-14 17:52 +0200
        Re: Verifying time in php houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2012-10-14 19:20 +0200
          Re: Verifying time in php "J.O. Aho" <user@example.net> - 2012-10-14 20:41 +0200
          Re: Verifying time in php Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2012-10-14 20:49 +0200
            Re: Verifying time in php houghi <houghi@houghi.org.invalid> - 2012-10-14 22:32 +0200
  Re: Verifying time in php Richard Damon <news.x.richarddamon@xoxy.net> - 2012-10-14 11:44 -0400
  Re: Verifying time in php Luuk <luuk@invalid.lan> - 2012-10-14 21:28 +0200

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