TimeType Field
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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 | FormType |
Class | TimeType |
Basic Usage
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 TimeType
for that
field as two different choice fields:
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use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TimeType;
// ...
$builder->add('startTime', TimeType::class, [
'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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use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\TimeType;
// ...
$builder->add('startTime', TimeType::class, [
'input' => 'timestamp',
'widget' => 'choice',
]);
The field also supports an array
and string
as valid input
option
values.
Field Options
choice_translation_domain
DEFAULT_VALUE
This option determines if the choice values should be translated and in which translation domain.
The values of the choice_translation_domain
option can be true
(reuse the current
translation domain), false
(disable translation), null
(uses the parent translation
domain or the default domain) or a string which represents the exact translation
domain to use.
:end-before: DEFAULT_VALUE
type: string
, boolean
or null
default: false
choice_translation_domain
DEFAULT_VALUE
This option determines if the choice values should be translated and in which translation domain.
The values of the choice_translation_domain
option can be true
(reuse the current
translation domain), false
(disable translation), null
(uses the parent translation
domain or the default domain) or a string which represents the exact translation
domain to use.
:start-after: DEFAULT_VALUE
placeholder
type: string
| array
If your widget option is set to choice
, then this field will be represented
as a series of select
boxes. When the placeholder value is a string,
it will be used as the blank value of all select boxes:
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$builder->add('startTime', 'time', [
'placeholder' => 'Select a value',
]);
Alternatively, you can use an array that configures different placeholder values for the hour, minute and second fields:
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$builder->add('startTime', 'time', [
'placeholder' => [
'hour' => 'Hour', 'minute' => 'Minute', 'second' => 'Second',
]
]);
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
.
html5
type: boolean
default: true
If this is set to true
(the default), it'll use the HTML5 type (date, time
or datetime-local) to render the field. When set to false
, it'll use the text type.
This is useful when you want to use a custom JavaScript datepicker, which often requires a text type instead of an HTML5 type.
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
(aDateTime
object)array
(e.g.['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.
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
.
model_timezone
type: string
default: system default timezone
Timezone that the input data is stored in. This must be one of the PHP supported timezones.
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
.
view_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.
widget
type: string
default: choice
The basic way in which this field should be rendered. Can be one of the following:
choice
: renders one, two (default) or three select inputs (hour, minute, second), depending on the with_minutes and with_seconds options.text
: renders one, two (default) or three text inputs (hour, minute, second), depending on the with_minutes and with_seconds options.single_text
: renders a single input of typetime
. User's input will be validated against the formhh:mm
(orhh:mm:ss
if using seconds).
Caution
Combining the widget type single_text
and the with_minutes option
set to false
can cause unexpected behavior in the client as the
input type time
might not support selecting an hour only.
with_minutes
type: boolean
default: true
Whether or not to include minutes in the input. This will result in an additional input to capture minutes.
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.
Overridden Options
compound
type: boolean
default: false
This option specifies whether the type contains child types or not. This option is managed internally for built-in types, so there is no need to configure it explicitly.
data_class
type: string
default: null
The internal normalized representation of this type is an array, not a \DateTime
object. Therefore, the data_class
option is initialized to null
to avoid
the FormType
object from initializing it to \DateTime
.
error_bubbling
default: false
Inherited Options
These options inherit from the FormType:
data
type: mixed
default: Defaults to field of the underlying structure.
When you create a form, each field initially displays the value of the corresponding property of the form's domain data (e.g. if you bind an object to the form). If you want to override this initial value for the form or an individual field, you can set it in the data option:
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use Symfony\Component\Form\Extension\Core\Type\HiddenType;
// ...
$builder->add('token', HiddenType::class, [
'data' => 'abcdef',
]);
Caution
The data
option always overrides the value taken from the domain data
(object) when rendering. This means the object value is also overridden when
the form edits an already persisted object, causing it to lose its
persisted value when the form is submitted.
disabled
type: boolean
default: false
If you don't want a user to modify the value of a field, you can set the disabled option to true. Any submitted value will be ignored.
error_mapping
type: array
default: []
This option allows you to modify the target of a validation error.
Imagine you have a custom method named matchingCityAndZipCode()
that validates
whether the city and zip code match. Unfortunately, there is no matchingCityAndZipCode
field in your form, so all that Symfony can do is display the error on top
of the form.
With customized error mapping, you can do better: map the error to the city field so that it displays above it:
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public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
{
$resolver->setDefaults([
'error_mapping' => [
'matchingCityAndZipCode' => 'city',
],
]);
}
Here are the rules for the left and the right side of the mapping:
- The left side contains property paths;
- If the violation is generated on a property or method of a class, its
path is the
propertyName
; - If the violation is generated on an entry of an
array
orArrayAccess
object, the property path is[indexName]
; - You can construct nested property paths by concatenating them, separating
properties by dots. For example:
addresses[work].matchingCityAndZipCode
; - The right side contains the names of fields in the form.
By default, errors for any property that is not mapped will bubble up to the
parent form. You can use the dot (.
) on the left side to map errors of all
unmapped properties to a particular field. For instance, to map all these
errors to the city
field, use:
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$resolver->setDefaults([
'error_mapping' => [
'.' => 'city',
],
]);
inherit_data
type: boolean
default: false
This option determines if the form will inherit data from its parent form. This can be useful if you have a set of fields that are duplicated across multiple forms. See How to Reduce Code Duplication with "inherit_data".
Caution
When a field has the inherit_data
option set, it uses the data of
the parent form as is. This means that
Data Transformers won't be
applied to that field.
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 TimeType 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: []
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('someField', SomeFormType::class, [
// ...
'invalid_message' => 'You entered an invalid value, it should include %num% letters',
'invalid_message_parameters' => ['%num%' => 6],
]);
mapped
type: boolean
default: true
If you wish the field to be ignored when reading or writing to the object,
you can set the mapped
option to false
.
Form Variables
Variable | Type | Usage |
---|---|---|
widget |
mixed |
The value of the widget option. |
with_minutes |
boolean |
The value of the with_minutes option. |
with_seconds |
boolean |
The value of the with_seconds option. |
type |
string |
Only present when widget is single_text and HTML5 is activated,
contains the input type to use (datetime , date or time ). |