How to set default date in Symfony html5 datepicker?

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How to set default date for symfony html5 form widet from the controller ?

$date = date(d-m-Y); //todays date

...
    ->add('starts', 'date', [
        'widget' => 'single_text',
        'format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy',
        'placeholder'=>$data,
    ])
...

'placeholder'=>$data does nothing. After page is loaded my form input contains dd.mm.yyyy

Andrzej Piszczek · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-30 09:43:54Z

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Try this

      ->add('starts', 'date', [
            'widget' => 'single_text',
            'format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy',
            'data' => new \DateTime()
        ])

answered Jan 30, 2016 at 9:43

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Andrzej Piszczek Over a year ago

@GlupiJas I tested it on Symfony 3 - chrome exacly like below and it worked

->add('starts', DateType::class, [ 'widget' => 'single_text', 'format' => 'dd-MM-yyyy', 'data' => new \DateTime(), 'mapped' => false ])

DevWL Over a year ago

Perhaps you are right but something prevent it from working in my project. Does it work in Syfony 2.7 ?

Sylvain · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-30 12:27:50Z

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If your form is linked to a model object, set your date on that object.

answered Jan 30, 2016 at 12:27

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Antoine · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-02 03:55:48Z

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OK I had to create an associative array that holds the name of the field and its default value. I had to pass that array to the createFormBuilder() method as a first parameter.

$defaultData = [
    'starts' = new \DateTime()
];

$form = $this->createFormBuilder($defaultData, ['attr'=>['novalidate'=>'novalidate'])
->add(...)
...

I could also set first parameter to null and add default data using:

$form = $this->createFormBuilder(null, ['attr'=>['novalidate'=>'novalidate'])
->add(...)
->getForm();
$form->setData($defaultData);

this also worked for me.

edited Feb 2, 2018 at 3:55

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answered Jan 30, 2016 at 14:39

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