Re: Re: QuickForm dates

<nntp@spacemonkeylabs.com> wrote : > 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? PHP has a checkdate() function. Or you could use the Validate package from PEAR that has IIRC a date validation method, or use the Date package. Use QuickForm registerRule() to use your custom validation function. Or search the archive, this was already discussed before. Or you can even have a look at the documentation here (up until the lazy doc builders wake up): http://www.appelsiini.net/~tuupola/php/peardoc2/package.html.html-quickform.. intro-validation.html Good luck, Bertrand Mansion Mamasam