Date validation user should not select date older than today.

[zkarwinkar]

hi,

in my form i have date filed name as meeting_date ,
that field must give you date selection for today or future date ,

how to validate it ? please help !!!
Thanks .

[jsetzer]

Serverside:
Easiest should be checking the value in before* hook in PHP. Check $data variable. Return false if date is invalid.

Clientside:
Clientside check would require manipulating the datetimepicker components' settings which, from my experience, is more complicated after datetimepicker has already been rendered.

[angus]

try this in the -dv.js file in the hooks folder.

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function show_error(field, msg){
	modal_window({
		message: '<div class="alert alert-danger">' + msg + '</div>',
		title: 'Error in ' + field,
		close: function(){
			$j('#' + field).focus();
			$j('#' + field).parents('.form-group').addClass('has-error');
		}
	});
	
	return false;
}

function get_date(date_field){
	var y = $j('#' + date_field).val();
	var m = $j('#' + date_field + '-mm').val();
	var d = $j('#' + date_field + '-dd').val();
	
	var date_object = new Date(y, m - 1, d);
	
	if(!y) return false;
	
	return date_object;
}

$j('#update, #insert').click(function(){
		/* Make sure meeting_date is today or in the future, but not older than today */
		var now = new Date();
		var meetingDate = get_date('meeting_date');		
		if(meetingDate < now)){
			return show_error('Meeting Date', 'Meeting date must be set to today or later, but not in the past.');
		}
	});