Question

I’m trying to save a date (user’s birthday).

$values['name'] = $request->get('name');
$values['fbid'] = $request->get('fbid');
$values['birthdate'] = date("Y-m-d", $request->get('birthdate'));

$em = $this->getDoctrine()->getEntityManager();

$user = new User();
$user->setName($values['name']);
$user->setFbId($values['fbid']);
$user->setBirthdate($values['birthdate']);

$em->persist($user);
$em->flush();

This is however not working. I’m not seeing any errors. What could be wrong? When I delete the setter for the birthday, the user gets inserted into the database perfectly.

Edit:

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="date", nullable=true)
 */
protected $birthdate;

/**
 * Set date
 *
 * @param date $birthdate
 */
public function setBirthdate($birthdate)
{
    $this->birthdate = $birthdate;
}

Answer 1

Try setting

$values['birthdate'] = date("Y-m-d", $request->get('birthdate'));

To

$dateTime = new \DateTime();
$values['birthdate'] = $dateTime->setTimestamp($request->get('birthdate'));

Or look into how you can create a DateTime to pass to doctrine