Function to test (bigassfunction.php):
<?php
function test_parse_time($f)
{
if (preg_match("/[0-9]{12}/", $f)) {
$type = "YYYYMMDDHHii";
} else if (preg_match("/[0-9]{8}\ [0-9]{4}/", $f)) {
$type = "YYYYMMDD HHii";
} else if (preg_match("/[0-9]{4}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}/", $f)) {
$type = "YYYY-MM-DD";
} else {
$type = "*unknown*";
}
echo "This is a $type format.\n";
}
?>
Test driver (basic.t):
<?php
$text = realpath("tests/bigassfunction.php");
include $text;
$formats = array('2004-08-17 21:20', '20040817 2120');
foreach ($formats as $format) {
test_parse_time($format);
}
?>