Question

i want to validate 2 date input in codeigniter, with the conditions, if the end date is greater than the start date, will appear warning [javascript warning or something] or data can’t be input

my form like this,

<h1><?php echo $title; ?></h1>
<form action="<?= base_url(); ?>index.php/admin/kalender/buat" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" name="form" id="form">
<?php
echo "<p><label for='IDKategori'>Tingkatan Pimpinan :</label><br/>";
echo form_dropdown('IDKategori', $kategori) . "</p>";

echo "<label for='ptitle'>Kegiatan / Lokasi :</label><br/>";
$data = array('class' => 'validate[required] text-input', 'name' => 'judul', 'id' => 'ptitle', 'size' => 80);
echo form_input($data);

echo "<p><label for='long'>Uraian Kegiatan / Keterangan / Catatan :</label><br/>";
$data = array('class' => 'validate[required] text-input', 'name' => 'konten', 'rows' => '13', 'cols' => '60', 'style' => 'width: 60%');
echo form_textarea($data) . "</p>";

echo "<p><label for='ptitle'>Waktu Mulai :</label><br/>";
$data = array('class' => 'validate[required] text-input', 'name' => 'TanggalMulai', 'id' => 'basic_example_1');
echo form_input($data) . "</p>";

echo "<p><label for='ptitle'>Waktu Akhir :</label><br/>";
$data = array('class' => 'validate[required] text-input', 'name' => 'TanggalAkhir', 'id' => 'basic_example_2');
echo form_input($data) . "</p>";

echo form_submit('submit', 'Tambah Even');
?>
&nbsp;&nbsp;<input type="button" value="Kembali" onClick="javascript: history.go(-1)" />

how to validate in form “Waktu Akhir & Waktu Mulai” ?

Answer 1

Try this. It is by using CI validation library.
It uses callback type of validation.

Put this in if(isset($_POST['submit_button_name'])) {} section.
First, load validation array,

$validation = array(
  array('field' => 'startDate', 'label' => 'StartDate', 'rules' => 'required|callback_compareDate'),
  array('field' => 'endDate', 'label' => 'endDate', 'rules' => 'required|callback_compareDate'),
);

Then load CI validation library as,

$this->form_validation->set_rules($validation);
$this->form_validation->set_message('required', '%s is required.');

This is the called back function.

function compareDate() {
  $startDate = strtotime($_POST['startDate']);
  $endDate = strtotime($_POST['endDate']);

  if ($endDate >= $startDate)
    return True;
  else {
    $this->form_validation->set_message('compareDate', '%s should be greater than Contract Start Date.');
    return False;
  }
}

The “required” validation makes the fields mandatory to be filled with something.
The callback function, in this case, compares the dates, and further processes the form if start date is less than from date OR flags error otherwise.