Date Validations For Datepicker

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

HI,

I am using a datepicker widget in my form.

How do I validate the date field such that it wont accept any date earlier than today.

2

You must add your own date validator, read this.

3

We can use custom function in model for validation.


public function rules()

      {

           return array(

                  array('start_date', 'checkDate','on'=>'create'),

            );

      }



public function checkDate() 

      {

            $strtime=strtotime($this->start_date);

            $newtime=strtotime(date('Y-m-d H:i',strtotime('-1 minute')));

            if($strtime<$newtime) {

            	$this->addError('start_date','Please select a valid date');

            }

      }
4

You can use widget options or add custom rule.

Widget


<?php

$this->widget('zii.widgets.jui.CJuiDatePicker',array(

    'name'=>'datepicker-month-year-menu',

    'flat'=>true,//remove to hide the datepicker

    'options'=>array(

        'dateFormat' => 'yy-mm-dd',

        'showAnim'=>'slide',//'slide','fold','slideDown','fadeIn','blind','bounce','clip','drop'

        'changeMonth'=>true,

        'changeYear'=>true,

        'yearRange'=>'2000:2099',

        'minDate' => '2000-01-01',      // Set the current date here.

        'maxDate' => '2099-12-31',      // maximum date

    ),

    'htmlOptions'=>array(

        'style'=>''

    ),

));

?>
5

I have my datepicker which has Y-m-d format.

I have used beforeSave() method to convert it into d-m-Y format.

How do I validate my date field before save?