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Table of Contents

  • Basic Usage
  • Comparing Dates
  • Options
    • value
    • groups
    • message
    • payload
    • propertyPath

GreaterThanOrEqual

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GreaterThanOrEqual

Validates that a value is greater than or equal to another value, defined in the options. To force that a value is greater than another value, see GreaterThan.

Applies to property or method
Options
  • value
  • groups
  • message
  • payload
  • propertyPath
Class GreaterThanOrEqual
Validator GreaterThanOrEqualValidator

Basic Usage

The following constraints ensure that:

  • the number of siblings of a Person is greater than or equal to 5
  • the age of a Person class is greater than or equal to 18
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// src/AppBundle/Entity/Person.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Person
{
    /**
     * @Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual(5)
     */
    protected $siblings;

    /**
     * @Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual(
     *     value = 18
     * )
     */
    protected $age;
}
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# src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Person:
    properties:
        siblings:
            - GreaterThanOrEqual: 5
        age:
            - GreaterThanOrEqual:
                value: 18
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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 https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

    <class name="AppBundle\Entity\Person">
        <property name="siblings">
            <constraint name="GreaterThanOrEqual">
                5
            </constraint>
        </property>
        <property name="age">
            <constraint name="GreaterThanOrEqual">
                <option name="value">18</option>
            </constraint>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
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// src/AppBundle/Entity/Person.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

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

class Person
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('siblings', new Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual(5));

        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('age', new Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual([
            'value' => 18,
        ]));
    }
}

Comparing Dates

This constraint can be used to compare DateTime objects against any date string accepted by the DateTime constructor. For example, you could check that a date must at least be the current day:

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

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Order
{
    /**
     * @Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual("today")
     */
    protected $deliveryDate;
}
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# src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Order:
    properties:
        deliveryDate:
            - GreaterThanOrEqual: today
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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 https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

    <class name="AppBundle\Entity\Order">
        <property name="deliveryDate">
            <constraint name="GreaterThanOrEqual">today</constraint>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
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// src/AppBundle/Entity/Order.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

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

class Order
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('deliveryDate', new Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual('today'));
    }
}

Be aware that PHP will use the server's configured timezone to interpret these dates. If you want to fix the timezone, append it to the date string:

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

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Order
{
    /**
     * @Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual("today UTC")
     */
    protected $deliveryDate;
}
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# src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Order:
    properties:
        deliveryDate:
            - GreaterThanOrEqual: today UTC
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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 https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

    <class name="AppBundle\Entity\Order">
        <property name="deliveryDate">
            <constraint name="GreaterThanOrEqual">today UTC</constraint>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
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// src/AppBundle/Entity/Order.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

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

class Order
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('deliveryDate', new Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual('today UTC'));
    }
}

The DateTime class also accepts relative dates or times. For example, you can check that the above delivery date starts at least five hours after the current time:

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

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Order
{
    /**
     * @Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual("+5 hours")
     */
    protected $deliveryDate;
}
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# src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Order:
    properties:
        deliveryDate:
            - GreaterThanOrEqual: +5 hours
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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 https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

    <class name="AppBundle\Entity\Order">
        <property name="deliveryDate">
            <constraint name="GreaterThanOrEqual">+5 hours</constraint>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
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// src/AppBundle/Entity/Order.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

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

class Order
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('deliveryDate', new Assert\GreaterThanOrEqual('+5 hours'));
    }
}

Options

value

type: mixed [default option]

This option is required. It defines the value to compare to. It can be a string, number or object.

groups

type: array | string

It defines the validation group or groups this constraint belongs to. Read more about validation groups.

message

type: string default: This value should be greater than or equal to {{ compared_value }}.

This is the message that will be shown if the value is not greater than or equal to the comparison value.

You can use the following parameters in this message:

Parameter Description
{{ value }} The current (invalid) value
{{ compared_value }} The lower limit
{{ compared_value_type }} The expected value type

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.

propertyPath

type: string

It defines the object property whose value is used to make the comparison.

For example, if you want to compare the $endDate property of some object with regard to the $startDate property of the same object, use propertyPath="startDate" in the comparison constraint of $endDate.

This work, including the code samples, is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license.
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