my form has a datefield (format d.m.Y) and I want to make sure, that the entered date is >= today (the storage format of the date is Y-m-D).
As I read the validator documentation, I saw this passage:
"Lower limit of the date. Defaults to null, meaning no lower limit. This can be a unix timestamp or a string representing a date time value. If this property is a string, $format will be used to parse it.
See also $tooSmall for the customized message used when the date is too small."
There are many ways you can use non-date validators and docs on validation is pretty solid. Here is an example using inline validator
namespace app\models;
use Yii;
class YourModel extends Model
{
public $date;
//... other fields
public function rules()
{
return [
//... other validation rules here
['date', function ($attribute, $params, $validator){
//do your validation using Date class
$modelDate = new \DateTime($this->date);
$nowDate = new \DateTime();
if($modelDate->diff($nowDate) >0 )
$validator->addError($this, $attribute, Yii::t('app', 'Date is inccorect')); //whatever message appropriate
}],
];
}
}
