Re: birthday validate

2010-06-23 Thread jerry
Thanks Jeremy that's exactly what i wanted to do i mean check wether the user has entered a date greater than the current day ,month through validation but i did fail.Am more of a newbie in programing. On Jun 23, 11:17 am, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit wrote: > That's going to be hard really. First

Re: birthday validate

2010-06-23 Thread Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
That's going to be hard really. First I'd adapt the code sample (change maxYear to date('Y') which will give you this year and the previous 100 (which is probably enough for most people). If you limit the months to (say) June, how would I enter my birthday which is in a previous year but in July

Re: birthday validate

2010-06-23 Thread jerry
Thanks for that response but that's not what i was looking for,what i need is for the form to only display previous month up to the current one.Am trying to not let users be able to enter a birthday that is not greater than the current day or month On Jun 23, 10:35 am, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit

Re: birthday validate

2010-06-23 Thread Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
Do you mean in the form? If so, yes. For example, this code will give you a date field (without time) where the year is the the range [this year -100] and [this year -18]: $form->input( 'dob', array( 'type' => 'datetime', 'empty' => true,

Re: birthday validate

2010-06-23 Thread jerry
Is there a way to limit months just like maxYear or minYear? this would be a lot more easier. On Jun 22, 2:28 pm, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit wrote: > Sorry - just read the post properly and my answer wasn't your solution, but > it can be adapted. The key is to write a function and within that c

Re: birthday validate

2010-06-22 Thread Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
Sorry - just read the post properly and my answer wasn't your solution, but it can be adapted. The key is to write a function and within that compare $check['dob'] with today's date. Jeremy Burns Class Outfit jeremybu...@classoutfit.com http://www.classoutfit.com On 22 Jun 2010, at 12:12, Jere

Re: birthday validate

2010-06-22 Thread Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
Add this to your model validation (assuming the field you are checking is called 'dob'): 'dob' => array( 'inRange' => array( 'rule' => 'isAgeInAcceptedRange', 'message' => 'You must be between the ages of 18 and 80.' ) ), Then add this function t

birthday validate

2010-06-22 Thread jerry
I have been using cakephp for a few weeks now but i have failed to know how to validate a date for example a birthday to make sure it's now greater than the current date.Could anyone point me to the right direction Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://cakeqs.org and help others with th