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Symfony 5: The Fast Track

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Date

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Date

Validates that a value is a valid date, meaning either a DateTime object or a string (or an object that can be cast into a string) that follows a valid YYYY-MM-DD format.

Applies to property or method
Options
Class Date
Validator DateValidator

Basic Usage

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    # src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author:
    properties:
        birthday:
            - Date: ~
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    // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Author
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Date()
     */
     protected $birthday;
}
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    <!-- src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

    <class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
        <property name="birthday">
            <constraint name="Date" />
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
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    // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Author
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('birthday', new Assert\Date());
    }
}

Options

message

type: string default: This value is not a valid date.

This message is shown if the underlying data is not a valid date.

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