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Date

Zend\Form\Element\Date is meant to be paired with the FormDate helper for HTML5 inputs with type "date". This element adds filters and validators to its input filter specification in order to validate HTML5 date input values on the server.

Basic Usage

This element automatically adds a type attribute of value date.

use Zend\Form\Element;
use Zend\Form\Form;

$date = new Element\Date('appointment-date');
$date->setLabel('Appointment Date');
$date->setAttributes([
    'min'  => '2012-01-01',
    'max'  => '2020-01-01',
    'step' => '1', // days; default step interval is 1 day
]);
$date->setOptions([
    'format' => 'Y-m-d',
]);

$form = new Form('my-form');
$form->add($date);

The following uses array notation:

use Zend\Form\Element;
use Zend\Form\Form;

$form = new Form('my-form');
$form->add([
    'type' => Element\Date::class,
    'name' => 'appointment-date',
    'options' => [
        'label' => 'Appointment Date',
        'format' => 'Y-m-d',
    ],
    'attributes' => [
        'min' => '2012-01-01',
        'max' => '2020-01-01',
        'step' => '1', // days; default step interval is 1 day
    ],
]);

Set all attributes before calling prepare

The min, max, and step attributes should be set prior to calling Zend\Form::prepare(). Otherwise, the default input specification for the element may not contain the correct validation rules.

Public Methods

The following methods are specific to the Date element; all other methods inherited from the parent DateTime class are also available.

Method signature Description
getInputSpecification() : array Returns an input filter specification, which includes Zend\Filter\StringTrim and will add the appropriate validators based on the values from the min, max, and step attributes and format option. See the DateTime::getInputSpecification() definition for more information. One difference from Zend\Form\Element\DateTime is that the Zend\Validator\DateStep validator will expect the step attribute to use an interval of days (default is 1 day).

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