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From config('app.date_format') you get null
php artisan config:clear;
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I am currently working on Laravel-5.8 application.
I am trying to force the date format to dd/mm/yyyy
config/app
/*
Date Format
*/
// ...
'date_format' => 'd/m/Y',
'date_format_js' => 'DD/MM/YYYY',
model
protected $fillable = [
'name',
'start_date',
'end_date',
];
protected $dates = [
'start_date',
'end_date'
];
public function setStartDateAttribute($input)
{
$this->attributes['start_date'] =
Carbon::createFromFormat(config('app.date_format'), $input)->format('Y-m-d');
}
public function getStartDateAttribute($input)
{
return Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $input)
->format(config('app.date_format'));
}
public function setEndDateAttribute($input)
{
$this->attributes['end_date'] =
Carbon::createFromFormat(config('app.date_format'), $input)->format('Y-m-d');
}
public function getEndDateAttribute($input)
{
return Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d', $input)
->format(config('app.date_format'));
}
view:
<td>
<input type="date" name="start_date[]" placeholder="dd/mm/yyyy" class="form-control start_date" min="{{Carbon\Carbon::now()->firstOfYear()->format('Y-m-d')}}" max="{{Carbon\Carbon::now()->lastOfYear()->format('Y-m-d')}}">
</td>
<td>
<input type="date" name="end_date[]" placeholder="dd/mm/yyyy" class="form-control end_date" min="{{Carbon\Carbon::now()->firstOfYear()->format('Y-m-d')}}" max="{{Carbon\Carbon::now()->lastOfYear()->format('Y-m-d')}}">
</td>
<script type="text/javascript">
$(document).ready(function() {
$(function () {
$('#start_date').datetimepicker({
format: '{{ config('app.date_format_js') }}',
});
$('#end_date').datetimepicker({
format: '{{ config('app.date_format_js') }}'
});
});
});
</script>
When I submitted, I got this error:
InvalidArgumentException {#2629 ▼
#message: "Trailing data"
#code: 0
#file: "C:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\vendor\nesbot\carbon\src\Carbon\Traits\Creator.php"
#line: 623
trace: {▼
C:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\vendor\nesbot\carbon\src\Carbon\Traits\Creator.php:623 {▼
Carbon\Carbon::rawCreateFromFormat($format, $time, $tz = null) …
› if (static::isStrictModeEnabled()) {
› throw new InvalidArgumentException(implode(PHP_EOL, $lastErrors['errors']));
› }
}
C:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\vendor\nesbot\carbon\src\Carbon\Traits\Creator.php:645 {▼
Carbon\Carbon::createFromFormat($format, $time, $tz = null) …
› if (!$function) {
› return static::rawCreateFromFormat($format, $time, $tz);
› }
arguments: {▶}
}
C:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\app\Models\Leave.php:80 {▼
App\Models\Leave->setStartDateAttribute($input) …
› $this->attributes['start_date'] =
› Carbon::createFromFormat(config('app.date_format'), $input)->format('Y-m-d');
› }
arguments: {▼
$format: null
$time: "2020-06-08"
}
}
and
C:\xampp\htdocs\myproject\app\Models\Leave.php:80
is
public function setStartDateAttribute($input)
{
$this->attributes['start_date'] =
Carbon::createFromFormat(config('app.date_format'), $input)->format('Y-m-d');
}
How do I resolve this?
Thanks
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