date within range or not - php

Question

I am trying to check whether user submitted date is within range or not.
<?php
$datesyntx = "/^(19|20)\d\d[\-\/.](0[1-9]|1[012])[\-\/.](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$/";
$paydate = "2015-03-01";
if (preg_match($datesyntx, $paydate)) {
if(strtotime($paydate) > strtotime('2015-04-23') && strtotime($paydate) < strtotime('2015-07-23')) {
}
}
?>
It is not working what actually I am trying to get.

Answer 1

Try this code :
$paydate = date('2015-03-01');
$DateBegin = date('2010-01-01');
$DateEnd = date('2016-01-01');
if (($paydate > $DateBegin) && ($paydate < $DateEnd))
{
echo "is between";
}
else
{
echo "not between!";
}
P.S: this question was answered before at stackoverflow:
PHP check if date between two dates
EDIT2: easy way .

Answer 2

No need to use regex in this scenario, use simple DateTime class to check whether user submitted date is within range or not.you can also use typical strtotime() to do this job. But DateTime class will be great fun for this.
<?php
$userSubmitted = new DateTime("2015-04-01");
$startDate=new DateTime("2014-02-01 20:20:00");
$endDate=new DateTime("2015-04-30 23:50:11");
if ($userSubmitted > $startDate && $userSubmitted < $endDate)
{
return true; #date is within the range of yours
}
return false; #date not within the range of yours