Level 15
Can you provide the form input code ?
Apr 20, 2017
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Level 7
Text date validation
I'm trying to use text dates, but Laravel date validation always fails despite the documentation:
dateThe field under validation must be a valid date according to thestrtotimePHP function.
My validation rules:
'start' => 'sometimes|required|date',
'end' => 'sometimes|required|date|after:start',
All my attempts to use text dates which are valid dates for strtotime parser result in "The start is not a valid date." For example, last Monday or yesterday.
Can anybody tell why does this happen?
Level 7
@bastman69 I'm using Postman to test requests. Anyway, it's a simple GET request: ?start=yesterday
Controller:
public function totals(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'aggregated_by' => 'sometimes|required|in:hour,day,month,year',
'start' => 'sometimes|required|date',
'end' => 'sometimes|required|date|after:start',
'limit' => 'sometimes|required|integer',
'sort' => 'sometimes|required|in:period,amount',
'order' => 'sometimes|required|in:asc,desc',
]);
Content-Type is application/x-www-form-urlencoded.
Level 1
first of all use either "sometime" or "required" not both together
sometime means if value is not empty then validate (value is not manadtory)
required means always validate value (manadtory)
?start=2017-04-21 (GET REQUEST)
public function totals(Request $request) {
$this->validate($request, [
'aggregated_by' => 'sometimes|in:hour,day,month,year',
'start' => 'sometimes|date_format:Y-m-d',
'end' => 'sometimes|date|after:start',
'limit' => 'sometimes|integer',
'sort' => 'sometimes|in:period,amount',
'order' => 'sometimes|in:asc,desc',
]);
}
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Level 7
@atishrajput sometimes with required is a normal rule since one of the latest Laravel releases. For example, here: https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/validation#conditionally-adding-rules
On the contrary, sometimes should not be used without required if I'm not mistaken.
Anyway, my problem is not related to these rules. It's a Laravel bug.
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