Level 52
Why not set it in session ?
Jul 3, 2015
5
Level 14
Allowing custom date formats
So I'm running into an issue with my application - where users often enter "dates".
Currently my application allows 'd-m-Y' - but I need to allow 'm/d/Y' etc.
My thoughts are I can make this a configurable option for the user - and they state the date format in their config - and that is then used throughout the application. Something like this:
{{ $date->format(auth()->user()->date_format) }}
That would work for displays fairly well. But then I need to handle validation. Once again - I am thinking something like this in my FormRequest classes:
return [
'date' => 'required|string|date|date_format:'.auth()->user()->date_format,
'notes' => 'string|max:255',
];
So that way the validation is relative to the users setting.
However - it is the last bit that I'm stumped with. How do I then allow eloquent to safely store the date? Currently I do this with my fixed date format:
public function setDateAttribute($value)
{
$this->attributes['date'] = Carbon::createFromFormat('d-m-Y', $value);
}
One option I could do is this:
public function setDateAttribute($value)
{
$this->attributes['date'] = Carbon::createFromFormat(auth()->user()->date_format, $value);
}
...but I dont like the idea of putting auth() related functions into my Eloquent models - I know they dont belong there.
So how can I get around this? I need Eloquent to be "aware" of the date setting - so it stores the string correctly?
Is there a sanizitize option I could use somewhere before it hits Eloquent - so I could always send Eloquent a specific date format?
Level 14
But then I'm still calling the 'session' inside Eloquent? Seems like the same problem doesnt it?
Level 52
Right. But just send to model a standard formated date. I suppose you use repositories.
Level 14
ok - now I get what you are saying... ok - thanks.
Level 14
Actually - I've created a config file of 'default' locale settings.
Then I've created a middleware like this:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Middleware;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\Guard;
use Closure;
use Config;
class SetLocaleConfig {
protected $auth;
public function __construct(Guard $auth)
{
$this->auth = $auth;
}
public function handle($request, Closure $next)
{
if ($this->auth->check()) {
Config::set('locale.date_format', auth()->user()->date_format);
}
return $next($request);
}
}
So I can safely call config('locale.date_format') throughout my application - and it will work
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