Handling Null Date Values in a form on Blade Template

I have a form field that is receives the following as its value:

{{ \Carbon\Carbon::parse($user->profile->doh)->format('m/d/Y H:i') }}

The value is sometime NULL. When it is NULL, it outputs the current date and time.

What is the best way to handle these type of dates in Laravel 8?

Sinnbeck

4 years ago

Level 102

Add you own fallback

{{ $user->profile->doh ? \Carbon\Carbon::parse($user->profile->doh)->format('m/d/Y H:i') : 'no date' }}

phayes0289

4 years ago

Level 5

Thanks.. I was thinking there was something I could do in the model. I will try t that way.

Sinnbeck

4 years ago

Level 102

@phayes0289 there is. Accessors. Here is an example on the user model, but it might make more sense on the profile model

public function getFormatDohAttribute() 
{
    return $this->profile && $this->profile->doh ? \Carbon\Carbon::parse($this->profile->doh)->format('m/d/Y H:i') : 'no date';
}

//usage
$user->format_doh;

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