How can I validate a date in a form in Phalcon? - date

Question

I build a webpage using the framework Phalcon. I have a form asking for a text, an integer and a date. I'm using datepicker (https://jqueryui.com/datepicker/) to get the date. When I make the insertion in the database this date is not inserted, only the text and the int.
I think it is problem of the format of the date, so I want to validate it.
I can validate the presence of data in the text fields but I don't find any "validator" to validate it is a date.
This is my form class:
<?php
use Phalcon\Forms\Form;
use Phalcon\Forms\Element\Text;
use Phalcon\Forms\Element\Date;
use Phalcon\Forms\Element\Password;
use Phalcon\Validation\Validator\PresenceOf;
use Phalcon\Validation\Validator\Email;
class NuevakeywordForm extends Form{
public function initialize($entity = null, $options = null){
// Trackeable
$trackeable = new Text('trackeable');
$trackeable->setLabel('Palabra Clave');
$trackeable->setFilters(array('striptags', 'string'));
$trackeable->addValidators(array(
new PresenceOf(array(
'message' => 'Palabra clave requerida'
))
));
$this->add($trackeable);
// IdCliente
$idcliente = new Text('idcliente');
$idcliente->setLabel('idcliente');
$idcliente->addValidators(array(
new PresenceOf(array(
'message' => 'IdCliente is required'
))
));
$this->add($idcliente);
// Fecha Límite
$fecha = new Text('fecha_final');
$fecha->setLabel('Fecha Final');
$fecha->addValidators(array(
new PresenceOf(array(
'message' => 'Por favor pon una fecha límite'
))
));
$this->add($fecha);
}
}
Here is the view:
<div class="page-header">
<h2>Registro de Nueva Keyword</h2>
</div>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.12.4.js"></script>
<script src="https://code.jquery.com/ui/1.12.1/jquery-ui.js"></script>
<section class="container animated fadeInUp">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-md-6 col-md-offset-3">
<div id="login-wrapper">
<div class="panel panel-primary">
<div class="panel-heading">
<h3 class="panel-title">
Registrar Nueva Keyword
</h3>
</div>
<div class="panel-body">
{{ form('admin/nuevakeyword/', 'id': 'nuevakeywordForm', 'onbeforesubmit': 'return false') }}
<fieldset>
<div class="control-group">
{{ form.label('trackeable', ['class': 'control-label']) }}
<div class="controls">
{{ form.render('trackeable', ['class': 'form-control']) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
{{ form.label('idcliente', ['class': 'control-label']) }}
<div class="controls">
{{ form.render('idcliente', ['class': 'form-control']) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="control-group">
{{ form.label('fecha_final', ['class': 'control-label']) }}
<div id="datepicker" class="controls">
{{ form.render('fecha_final', ['class': 'form-control']) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-actions">
{{ submit_button('Insertar', 'class': 'btn btn-primary', 'onclick': 'return SignUp.validate();') }}
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</section>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(function() {
$("#fecha_final").datepicker();
});
</script>
Here is the controller:
public function nuevakeywordAction(){
$auth = $this->session->get('auth');
$permiso = $auth['active'];
if($permiso!='A'){return $this->forward('servicios/index');}
$form = new NuevakeywordForm;
if ($this->request->isPost()) {
$trackeable = $this->request->getPost('trackeable', array('string', 'striptags'));
$idcliente = $this->request->getPost('idcliente');
$fecha = $this->request->getPost('fecha');
$keyword = new Keyword();
$keyword->trackeable = $trackeable;
$keyword->cliente_idcliente = $idcliente;
$keyword->fecha_inicial = new Phalcon\Db\RawValue('now()');
$keyword->fecha_final = $fecha;
if ($keyword->save() == false) {
foreach ($keyword->getMessages() as $message) {
$this->flash->error((string) $message);
}
} else {
$this->tag->setDefault('trackeable', '');
$this->tag->setDefault('idcliente', '');
$this->tag->setDefault('fecha', '');
$this->flash->success('Keyword agregada correctamente');
return $this->forward('admin/verkeywords');
}
}
$this->view->form = $form;
}
I'm using MariaDB (the same as MySQL). I'm trying to find an "addValidator" for the date, but maybe is other the problem. Any help would be welcomed.

Answer 1

Use Phalcon\Validation\Validator\Date
https://docs.phalconphp.com/en/3.0.0/api/Phalcon_Validation_Validator_Date.html