Cactivefrom And Date Fields

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

I have a form where I have a date field, and I would like that the input field is user friendly with a datepicker, and with the looks of Bootstrap. I downloaded the code from the following url:

http://www.eyecon.ro/bootstrap-datepicker/

and this is the code that I have on the form:

  1. I register the datepicker script



Yii::app()->clientScript->registerScript('dp1', "$('#bd').datepicker({

	format: 'dd-mm-yyyy'

});");
  1. And then I have the following HTML on the form



	<div class="control-group ">

		<label class="control-label" for="Employee_birthdate">Date of Birth</label>

		<div class="controls">

			<div class="input-append date" id="bd" data-date="" data-date-format="dd-mm-yyyy">

				<input class="span2" name="Employee[birthdate]" id="Employee_birthdate" size="16" type="text" value="" readonly>

				<span class="add-on"><i class="icon-calendar"></i></span>

			</div>

		</div>

	</div>

The datepicker works fine, and the the Bootstrap css renders fine, but when on saving the form, the date fields are blank.

I thought I would share this before I go any further as maybe there is another way, better way, of getting date entry on a Yii form. (Could not find it when I searched a bit)

I am using Yii version 1.1.12

2

hey, why didn’t use the Yii extension date-picker?

look here: juidatetimepicker

i think it is better to use in standard.

3

Thanks, and I definitely agree with you. I did come across it when I was snooping around. I will have a look…