you can easily write your own custom validation rules for dates i did so myself for the "start and end dates" as well as problems with empty strings
just place them in your app model in order to make them available in every model. On 5 Okt., 19:37, "gregor.morr...@gmail.com" <gregor.morr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I've been digging into date validation and I think I understand it > pretty well, but it's a bit frustrating. > > Scenario: > There is a Period Start date and a Period End Date. They are optional, > but if the Period Start is entered, then the Period End must be > entered and must be after the Period Start. > > The Issue: > If you select an incomplete date (e.g. Month, Day, but no Year), due > to the way Model::deconstruct builds the date string, an empty string > is returned. Thus there is no way to give a user-friendly warning that > it appears they forgot the year in the date. > > Additionally, the selected values are not retained if a partial date > is entered. > > How I think it should work: > There should be a way to get the "raw" date array values into a custom > validation method so that I can set up a custom validation method for > partial dates. I want to set up a message saying "Please verify the > date or leave the fields blank" and display the form again with their > partial date values selected. -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to cake-php+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
