/**
* Method to return data once it has been filtered through the validator
*
* @param array $data Data to be validated, defaults to form's data
* @param bool $addToFlash Have flash messages already been added to the flash bag???
*
* @return array Returns filtered data
*/
public function getFilteredData($addToFlash = true)
{
$this->isValid($addToFlash);
// here we want the filtered data from the validator but don't need to include the
// data symfony removed because it doesn't match the type
$data = $this->_validator->getData();
// Sometimes date fields do not automatically get formatted to a
// Datetime object due to browser differences. This ensures all dates
// are instantiated correctly.
foreach ($this->_fields as $name => $field) {
if (in_array($field['type'], ['date', 'datetime']) and $value = $data[$name] and !$value instanceof \DateTime) {
// If the value is an array it's date and time separately, so smush them together
if (is_array($value)) {
$value = trim(implode(' ', $value));
}
$format = $this->_container['helper.date']->detectFormat($value);
// The ! character is important as it tells DateTime to default
// to epoch values where they are not defined in the value (i.e. if time is not set, default to 00:00:00)
$data[$name] = \DateTime::createFromFormat('!' . $format, $value);
}
}
return $data;
}
