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Time

Validates that a value is a valid time, meaning an object implementing DateTimeInterface 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 Time
Validator 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/Entity/Event.php
namespace App\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

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

Note

As with most of the other constraints, null and empty strings are considered valid values. This is to allow them to be optional values. If the value is mandatory, a common solution is to combine this constraint with NotBlank.

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.

You can use the following parameters in this message:

Parameter Description
{{ value }} The current (invalid) value

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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