Validate Drop Down Selections

[eluser]iConTM[/eluser]
The date check finetuned:

Code:

function date_check ($value)
{
    //match the format of the date
    if ( preg_match ("#^([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{2})/([0-9]{4})$#", $value, $parts) )
    {            
        //check weather the date is valid of not
        if( checkdate($parts[2],$parts[1],$parts[3]) )
        {
            return true;
        }
    }
                
    $this->load->library('validation');
    $this->validation->set_message(__FUNCTION__, 'The %s field must have dd/mm/yyyy format.');
    return FALSE;    
}