checkdate
    (PHP 3, PHP 4, PHP 5)
checkdate -- Validate a Gregorian date
Description
bool 
checkdate ( int month, int day, int year )
   Checks the validity of the date formed by the arguments. A date
   is considered valid if each parameter is properly defined.
  
Parameters
   
- month
 
       The month is between 1 and 12 inclusive.
      
- day
 
       The day is within the allowed number of days for the given 
       month.  Leap years 
       are taken into consideration.
      
- year
 
       The year is between 1 and 32767 inclusive.
      
 
  Return Values
   Returns TRUE if the date given is valid; otherwise returns FALSE.
  
Examples
   
Example 1. checkdate() example 
<?php var_dump(checkdate(12, 31, 2000)); var_dump(checkdate(2, 29, 2001)); ?>
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 The above example will output:  |