Commit 2dce741f by Carsten Brandt

note about empty values for datepicker and validator

fixes #5580
parent c68e3ad6
......@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ is as specified by the `operator` property.
```php
[
[['from', 'to'], 'date'],
[['from_date', 'to_date'], 'date'],
]
```
......@@ -113,6 +113,13 @@ specified via [[yii\validators\DateValidator::timestampAttribute|timestampAttrib
- `timestampAttribute`: the name of the attribute to which this validator may assign the UNIX timestamp
converted from the input date/time.
In case the input is optional you may also want to add a default value filter in addition to the date validator
to ensure empty input is stored as `NULL`. Other wise you may end up with dates like `0000-00-00` in your database
or `1970-01-01` in the input field of a date picker.
```php
[['from_date', 'to_date'], 'default', 'value' => null],
```
## [[yii\validators\DefaultValueValidator|default]] <a name="default"></a>
......
......@@ -38,6 +38,14 @@ use yii\helpers\Json;
* ]);
* ```
*
* Note that empty values like empty strings and 0 will result in a date displayed as `1970-01-01`.
* So to make sure empty values result in an empty text field in the datepicker you need to add a
* validation filter in your model that sets the value to `null` in case when no date has been entered:
*
* ```php
* [['from_date'], 'default', 'value' => null],
* ```
*
* @see http://api.jqueryui.com/datepicker/
* @author Alexander Kochetov <creocoder@gmail.com>
* @author Carsten Brandt <mail@cebe.cc>
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