Symfony4: Validate DateIntervalType

Question

I am currently stuck on a probably very simple question.

How do I validate my DateIntervalType to be != 0 - meaning atleast something has been selected. And how do I set a minimum/maximum: for example minimum interval of 1 day.

Background: I want to send an email every X years/months/days depending on the user select - an interval of 0 would mean permanent email sending, which I do not want.

Sadly I did not find anything helpful yet. Also tried integer assertations like @Assert\GratherThan etc. but that does not work.

Thanks in advance

Answer 1

Solution: Thanks to @Arleigh Hix for putting me on the right direction.

I solved my problem with following solution:

/**
 * @Assert\Expression("this.checkInterval()")
 */
private $interval;

public function checkInterval() {
    return $this->getTimestamp()->add($this->getInterval()) > $this->getTimestamp(); //getTimestamp() returns a DateTime
}

So basically just add the interval to any date and compare the new date to the initial date. With this way you can also get the difference in seconds and compare for min max values.

Better practise is probably to create a custom validator which will be my next step.