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Time

Validates that a value is a valid time, meaning either a DateTime object or a string (or an object that can be cast into a string) that follows a valid “HH:MM:SS” format.

Applies to property or method
Options
Class Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Time
Validator Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\TimeValidator

Basic Usage

Suppose you have an Event class, with a startAt field that is the time of the day when the event starts:

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    // src/AppBundle/Entity/Event.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Event
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Time()
     */
     protected $startsAt;
}
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    # src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Event:
    properties:
        startsAt:
            - Time: ~
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    <!-- src/AppBundle/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="AppBundle\Entity\Event">
        <property name="startsAt">
            <constraint name="Time" />
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
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    // src/AppBundle/Entity/Event.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

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

class Event
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('startsAt', new Assert\Time());
    }
}

Options

message

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

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

payload

type: mixed default: null

This option can be used to attach arbitrary domain-specific data to a constraint. The configured payload is not used by the Validator component, but its processing is completely up to you.

For example, you may want to use several error levels to present failed constraints differently in the front-end depending on the severity of the error.

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