* @since 2.0 */ class DateValidator extends Validator { /** * @var mixed the format pattern that the date value should follow. * This can be either a string or an array representing multiple formats. * Defaults to 'MM/dd/yyyy'. Please see {@link CDateTimeParser} for details * about how to specify a date format. */ public $format = 'MM/dd/yyyy'; /** * @var boolean whether the attribute value can be null or empty. Defaults to true, * meaning that if the attribute is empty, it is considered valid. */ public $allowEmpty = true; /** * @var string the name of the attribute to receive the parsing result. * When this property is not null and the validation is successful, the named attribute will * receive the parsing result. */ public $timestampAttribute; /** * Validates the attribute of the object. * If there is any error, the error message is added to the object. * @param \yii\base\Model $object the object being validated * @param string $attribute the attribute being validated */ public function validateAttribute($object, $attribute) { $value = $object->$attribute; if ($this->allowEmpty && $this->isEmpty($value)) { return; } $formats = is_string($this->format) ? array($this->format) : $this->format; $valid = false; foreach ($formats as $format) { $timestamp = CDateTimeParser::parse($value, $format, array('month' => 1, 'day' => 1, 'hour' => 0, 'minute' => 0, 'second' => 0)); if ($timestamp !== false) { $valid = true; if ($this->timestampAttribute !== null) { $object-> {$this->timestampAttribute} = $timestamp; } break; } } if (!$valid) { $message = ($this->message !== null) ? $this->message : \Yii::t('yii:The format of {attribute} is invalid.'); $this->addError($object, $attribute, $message); } } }