Date Validator
Zend\Validator\Date
allows you to validate if a given value contains a date.
Supported options
The following options are supported for Zend\Validator\Date
:
format
: Sets the format which is used to write the date.locale
: Sets the locale which will be used to validate date values.
Default date validation
The easiest way to validate a date is by using the default date format,
Y-m-d
.
$validator = new Zend\Validator\Date();
$validator->isValid('2000-10-10'); // returns true
$validator->isValid('10.10.2000'); // returns false
Specifying a date format
Zend\Validator\Date
also supports custom date formats. When you want to
validate such a date, use the format
option. This option accepts any format
allowed by the PHP DateTime::createFromFormat() method.
$validator = new Zend\Validator\Date(['format' => 'Y']);
$validator->isValid('2010'); // returns true
$validator->isValid('May'); // returns false