Validate Drop Down Selections

[eluser]iConTM[/eluser]
I would make 1 field to input the date.

If you want to use CI's formvalidation class you can do something like this:

Code:

$this->form_validation->set_rules('date', 'Date', 'callback_date_check');

Code:

function date_check ($value)
{
    $parts = explode('/', $value);
    
    // make sure that all parts are digits. otherwise the checkdate method will throw errors
  
    if ( count($parts) != 3 || !checkdate($parts[1]  ,$parts[0]  ,$parts[2]) )
    {
        $this->load->library('validation');
        $this->validation->set_message(__FUNCTION__, 'The %s field must have dd/mm/yyyy format.');
        return FALSE;    
    }
        
    return true;
}