Date validation inside rules() method of Model

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

Hi,

How can I do a date validation inside rules() method of model class(Check date is in correct format and day, month and year has correct values).

Is it possible to call a PHP method such as checkdate inside rules method.

Thanks,

Chamal.

2

This is not built in, but it can still be done pretty easily. You could use the ‘match’ validator which checks for a given regular expression, or you could create your own custom validator (just create a function in your model and specify the function name as validator in your rule). You can use checkdate in that custom function if you want.

3

In fact it is built in, you just have to use CTypeValidator with type "date" and set the dateFormat to the desired format. For example:




public function rules()

{

	return array(

		array('myDate', 'type', 'type' => 'date', 'message' => '{attribute}: is not a date!', 'dateFormat' => 'yyyy-MM-dd'),

	);

}
4

i guessing your mean is follow this:


public function rules()

{

    return array(

        array('dateField', 'myCheckdate',),

    );

}


public function myCheckdate($attribute,$params)

{

    if(!$this->hasErrors())

    {

        if(! strtotime($this->{$attribute}))

        {

            $this->addError($attribute,'The date is incorrect.');

        }

    }

}
5

Can any one tell me how to add validation to date along with the time

There is some format like "yyyy-MM-dd" for date as in

public function rules()

{

    return array(


            array('myDate', 'type', 'type' => 'date', 'message' => '{attribute}: is not a date!', 'dateFormat' => 'yyyy-MM-dd'),


    );

}

But wat format shud we follow to add time in this

6

here you have to use ‘datetime’ type, instead of ‘date’

7

Hi all,

I am using CJuiDateTimePicker extension for my date field in form…

How to validate it using function rules()?

Thanks.

8

Date validation Rules


array('date', 'type', 'type' => 'date', 'message' => '{attribute}: is not a date!', 'dateFormat' => 'yyyy-MM-dd'),