Validating date format with Zend_validator

Question

How can I validate the date format (dd-mm-yyyy) using zend_validate?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Sep 27 '11 at 11:05

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You simply use the Date validator (Zend_Validate_Date).

Eg

$validator = new Zend_Validate_Date(array(
    'format' => 'dd-mm-yyyy',
    'locale' => $yourLocale
);

answered Sep 27 '11 at 11:05

Phil

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@Ludwig Considering this answer was posted in 2011 (well before ZF2), I don't find that surprising at all. – Phil Mar 27 '14 at 01:09
But it is still worth mentioning it to save other ZF2 users the time to test ist – Ludwig Mar 27 '14 at 11:51
@Ludwig This question is tagged [tag:zend-framework], not [tag:zend-framework2]. Combine that with the complete lack of namespaces (`Zend_Validate_Date` vs `Zend\Validate\Date`) and I really don't think it's too much to assume a ZF2 dev is going to bother with this answer – Phil Mar 27 '14 at 22:51

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 27 '14 at 11:41

It is not possible at the moment to validate against an exact date format in zendframework2 (see ZF2 Issue #4763) but you can add an extra regex validator (see example here) or write a custom validator to handle this (see zf2 Issue).

use Zend\Validator\Date;
use Zend\Validator\Regex;

$validator = new Date(array(
    'format' => 'd-m-Y',
));
$validator2 = new Regex(array(
    'pattern' => '%[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{2}-[0-9]{4}%',
));

dixromos98 · Answer 3 · 2014-03-28T06:33:11.547

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This is how i did this,

$DateFormat = new \Zend\Validator\Date(array('format' => 'Y-m-d'));

    if(!($DateFormat->isValid($somedate))){
    //if not valid do something 

}else{

//do something else
}

i forgot to mention that this is for Zend 2.0

edited Mar 28 '14 at 06:33

answered Mar 27 '14 at 15:47

dixromos98

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Validating date format with Zend_validator

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