Invalid date format issue in laravel for d/m/y format-CodePudding

in my laravel application i have an input field to insert date of birth,

my date format has to be d/m/y and my age limit has to be 18-70

inside my controller's store method I have following validation rule for the dob.

'date_of_birth'=>['required','bail','date','date_format:d/m/y',function ($attribute, $value, $fail) {

                    $age=Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/y', $value)->diff(Carbon::now())->y;
                    if($age<18||$age>70){
                        $fail('Âge invalide. l\'âge devrait être 18-70');
                    }

                },]

but every time when I try to submit the form with a correct date like 23/12/1995 it kept saying date format is invalid

CodePudding user response：

you have two problems with your code:

1- you should remove 'date' from validation, since you are passing a string not a date.

2- you should correct the format to be right: 'd/m/Y' Y is capital letter.

 $rules = ['date_of_birth' => ['required', 'bail', 'date_format:d/m/Y',

            function ($attribute, $value, $fail) {
            $age = Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/Y', $value)->diff(Carbon::now())->y;
            if ($age < 18 || $age > 70) {
                $fail('Âge invalide. l\'âge devrait être 18-70');
            }

        },
            ]];

CodePudding user response：

Use format method in function

$age=Carbon::createFromFormat('d/m/y', $value)->diff(Carbon::now())->format('%y');