time Field Type
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time Field Type
A field to capture time input.
This can be rendered as a text field, a series of text fields (e.g. hour,
minute, second) or a series of select fields. The underlying data can be stored
as a DateTime object, a string, a timestamp or an array.
| Underlying Data Type | can be DateTime, string, timestamp, or array (see the input option) |
| Rendered as | can be various tags (see below) |
| Options | |
| Overridden Options | |
| Inherited options | |
| Parent type | form |
| Class | TimeType |
Basic Usage
This field type is highly configurable, but easy to use. The most important
options are input and widget.
Suppose that you have a startTime field whose underlying time data is a
DateTime object. The following configures the time type for that
field as three different choice fields:
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$builder->add('startTime', 'time', array(
'input' => 'datetime',
'widget' => 'choice',
));The input option must be changed to match the type of the underlying
date data. For example, if the startTime field's data were a unix timestamp,
you'd need to set input to timestamp:
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$builder->add('startTime', 'time', array(
'input' => 'timestamp',
'widget' => 'choice',
));The field also supports an array and string as valid input option
values.
Field Options
widget
type: string default: choice
The basic way in which this field should be rendered. Can be one of the following:
choice: renders two (or three if with_seconds is true) select inputs.text: renders a two or three text inputs (hour, minute, second).single_text: renders a single input of type text. User's input will be validated against the formhh:mm(orhh:mm:ssif using seconds).
input
type: string default: datetime
The format of the input data - i.e. the format that the date is stored on your underlying object. Valid values are:
string(e.g.12:17:26)datetime(aDateTimeobject)array(e.g.array('hour' => 12, 'minute' => 17, 'second' => 26))timestamp(e.g.1307232000)
The value that comes back from the form will also be normalized back into this format.
with_seconds
type: Boolean default: false
Whether or not to include seconds in the input. This will result in an additional input to capture seconds. This may not work as expected in Symfony 2.0 due to a known bug.
hours
type: array default: 0 to 23
List of hours available to the hours field type. This option is only relevant
when the widget option is set to choice.
minutes
type: array default: 0 to 59
List of minutes available to the minutes field type. This option is only
relevant when the widget option is set to choice.
seconds
type: array default: 0 to 59
List of seconds available to the seconds field type. This option is only
relevant when the widget option is set to choice.
data_timezone
type: string default: system default timezone
Timezone that the input data is stored in. This must be one of the PHP supported timezones
user_timezone
type: string default: system default timezone
Timezone for how the data should be shown to the user (and therefore also the data that the user submits). This must be one of the PHP supported timezones
Overridden Options
error_bubbling
default: false
Inherited options
These options inherit from the field type:
invalid_message
type: string default: This value is not valid
This is the validation error message that's used if the data entered into this field doesn't make sense (i.e. fails validation).
This might happen, for example, if the user enters a nonsense string into
a time field that cannot be converted
into a real time or if the user enters a string (e.g. apple) into a
number field.
Normal (business logic) validation (such as when setting a minimum length for a field) should be set using validation messages with your validation rules (reference).
invalid_message_parameters
type: array default: array()
When setting the invalid_message option, you may need to
include some variables in the string. This can be done by adding placeholders
to that option and including the variables in this option:
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$builder->add('some_field', 'some_type', array(
// ...
'invalid_message' => 'You entered an invalid value - it should include %num% letters',
'invalid_message_parameters' => array('%num%' => 6),
));These options inherit from the date type:
virtual
type: boolean default: false
This option determines if the form will be mapped with data. This can be useful if you need a form to structure the view. See How to use the Virtual Form Field Option.
