Hi, 1) ISO dates can be compared as strings, that's one of the main point of the formats - 2009-06-30 > 2009-05-01. You should use a filter to convert your dates to this format anyway
2) You need to write a custom validator to compare 2 fields in a form; it's very easy, see the example on http://framework.zend.com/manual/en/zend.form.elements.html (1/3 of the way down, "Validation Context" Yours, Mark asgeo1 wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm new to learning the Zend Framework, and are having trouble > understanding how one would use the greaterThan validator to check that a > Zend_Form_Element_Date element is greater than another > Zend_Form_Element_Date in the same form. > > First I find that greaterThan doesn't know how to compare dates and is > actually just comparing strings which is lame. > > Secondly, with these validators, there does not appear to be anyway to > make them compare the value of a form element to the value of another form > element. > > Other than to subclass Zend_Validate_GreaterThan and add my own support > for this, I can't see anyway to get around this. > > I hope someone tells me I'm just doing this all wrong. > > Thanks, > -adam > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Using-validator-%28greaterThan%29-to-refer-to-another-element-in-form-tp24266813p24267692.html Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
