Re: QuickForm dates

Graham Clarke wrote: > Hi - Some questions about using date fields: > > 1) What's the syntax for setting a default value for a date field like > this? > > $form->addElement('date', 'dob', 'DoB'); $defaultValues['date'] = date('Y-m-d'); # '2003-06-23' $form->setDefaults($defaultValues); <hint>look at the examples</hint> > 2) If I want to use a regular text box for my date -- like below, how can > I validate it as a date?? > > $form->addElement('text', 'dob', 'DoB'); > $input = &$form->getElement('dob'); > $input->setSize(15); > $input->setMaxLength(15); I don't think QuickForm does date validation. I suppose you could use ereg's to check that the year, month and date columns were relatively sane (or at least numeric). Anybody on the team have insight on this?