February 2013 – Page 2

Validate Date in PHP

By saurabh | February 16, 2013

Hi, Its a very easy way to validate your date . Try and enjoy : )

<?php
function date_Validate($date){
$date_format = 'd F Y';
$input =$date;  //say '11 February 2013';

$input = trim($input);
$time = strtotime($input);

$is_valid = date($date_format, $time) == $input;

return $valid ? 'yes' : 'no';

}

?>

<?php

function date_Validate($date){

$date_format = 'd F Y';

$input =$date; //say '11 February 2013';

$input = trim($input);

$time = strtotime($input);

$is_valid = date($date_format, $time) == $input;

return $valid ? 'yes' : 'no';

}

Magento – resize image with custom background color

By saurabh | February 16, 2013

In magento when we use resize() by default white background comes we can set our custom color 🙂

set color with resize
<?php 
echo $this->helper('catalog/image')
->init($_product, 'small_image')->backgroundColor(228,208,177)->resize(135, 135); 
?>

set color with resize

<?php

echo $this->helper('catalog/image')

->init($_product, 'small_image')->backgroundColor(228,208,177)->resize(135, 135);