Different Validation Rule For The Model And The Form

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
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Hi! I’m having the following problem:

In my form theres a datepicker input that has the format dd/mm/yyyy so I added the following rule to the model:

array(‘birth’, ‘match’, ‘pattern’=>’/([0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{2}\/[0-9]{4})/’, ‘message’=>‘Birthday must have the format dd/mm/yyyy’),

But in my database I have a date field, which I must insert with the format yyyy-mm-dd.

So validation fails when I call the save() function of my model after I process the date in the controller to match the mysql date format.

Is there a way I can somehow have different rules for the model and the form?

Thank you in advance.

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First of all, you obviously have an error in validation rule, because pattern is not matching the required format.

Next, you can use either beforeSave/afterFind, or virtual fields + setters/getters to convert data to/from DB format.

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There is also CDateValidator.

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Thank you thank you that’s what I’m looking for, and yes I posted the validation rule by memory I don’t have the source code at hand.