Symfony 2 Passing Default Date

Question

I am quite new to Symfony 2.7. I am facing a problem with Symfony form. Inside my form i have a form field as follows

 Builder->add('passDate', 'hidden')
        ->add('issueDate','hidden')

Inside my controller function, i need to pass some fix value to database. So here is my form action

$entity->setIssueDate('1950/01/01');
$entity->setPassDate('1950/01/01');

But when i submit it, it show me the error as that these form fields are required, although i set as default date as 1950/01/01. Please help me. Thank you

Do you have some validation constraints related to these form fields? I mean, NotBlank()? — yceruto
– yceruto, Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 14:43
Btw, the validation error comes from the form component, right? — yceruto
– yceruto, Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 14:45
yes, i want to add in default value .. before i add in Builder .. code is something like this — Achilles
– Achilles, Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 14:49
->add('issueDate', 'date', array('label'=>'issue Date','widget' => 'single_text', 'format' => 'dd/MM/yyyy')) — Achilles
– Achilles, Commented Aug 23, 2017 at 14:50

Nicolai Fröhlich · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-23 15:12:24Z

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You can either remove the NotBlank symfomy validator mapping from the two fields or use the empty_data option which will populate default values if the hidden fields weren't filled via JavaScript like this:

$builder->add('passDate', 'hidden', array(
  'data' => null,
  'empty_data' => '1950/01/01'
)

answered Aug 23, 2017 at 15:12

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Achilles Over a year ago

CRITICAL - Uncaught PHP Exception Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalErrorException: "Error: Call to a member function format() on string" at /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/myProgramme/vendor/doctrine/dbal/lib/Doctrine/DBAL/Types/DateType.php line 53

Achilles Over a year ago

Is there anyway to convert string to date in symfony 2.7?

Nicolai Fröhlich Over a year ago

I assumed your getters/setters are taking care of formatting because you pass a string to them in your question. You can either use a data transformer or just use 'empty_data' => new \DateTime('1950/01/01')

Achilles Over a year ago

I did exactly what you guide me and still not going through, is there anything i am missed ?

Achilles Over a year ago

my builder is ->add('passDate', 'hidden', array('data'=>null ,'empty_data' => new \DateTime(setPassDate('1950/01/01') )))

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