PHP - Can I Convert A Yyyy-mm-dd To Full Date?

if(!function_exists('checkdate'))
{
	function checkdate($date, $checkyear, $currentmonth)
	{
		if($checkyear == 0)//if it is not a leap year
		{
			// if current month is february
			if($currentmonth == 2)
			{
				if(!preg_match("/^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8])$/", $date))
				{
					// set error for date field
					return ($error = 'Invalid Date!');
				}
				return ($error = 'valid Date!');
			}
			// if current months are april, june, september or november
			elseif($currentmonth == 4 || $currentmonth == 6 || $currentmonth == 9 || $currentmonth ==11)
			{
				if(!preg_match("/^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-8]|3[0])$/", $date))
				{
					// set error for date field
					return ($error = 'Invalid Date!');
				}
				return ($error = 'valid Date!');
			}
			else
			{	
				if(!preg_match("/^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|[12][0-8]|3[01])$/", $date))
				{
					// set error for date field
					return ($error = 'Invalid Date!');
				}
				return ($error = 'valid Date!');
			}
		}
		elseif($checkyear == 1)//if it is a leap year
		{
			// if current month is february
			if($currentmonth == 2)
			{
				if(!preg_match("/^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9])$/", $date))
				{
					// set error for date field
					return ($error = 'Invalid Date!');
				}
				return ($error = 'valid Date!');
			}
			// if current months are april, june, september or november
			elseif($currentmonth == 4 || $currentmonth == 6 || $currentmonth == 9 || $currentmonth ==11)
			{
				if(!preg_match("/^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|1[0-9]|2[0-9]|3[0])$/", $date))
				{
					// set error for date field
					return ($error = 'Invalid Date!');
				}
				return ($error = 'valid Date!');
			}
			else
			{	
				if(!preg_match("/^(20)\d\d[-](0[1-9]|1[012])[-](0[1-9]|[12][0-9]|3[01])$/", $date))
				{
					// set error for date field
					return ($error = 'Invalid Date!');
				}
				return ($error = 'valid Date!');
			}
		
		}
	}
$todate = getdate();
$currentmonth = $todate['mon'];
$checkyear = date('L');
$date = 2014-02-31;
echo checkdate($date, $checkyear, $currentmonth);

I'm trying to do this with the code below.  I get an error because explode thinks I'm just sending it one argument since the string is held by an array element.  If I can get the array from the explode function I can insure it into the first and last name fields in my table.

Any suggestions?

--Kenoli

require '__classes/Db.php';

$sql = "SELECT name FROM tbl_persons";
$stmt = $pdo->query($sql);
$row = $stmt->fetchall(PDO::FETCH_ASSOC);

foreach ($row as $name) {
	 $names = explode($name['name']);
	}