Validates that a value is less than or equal to another value, defined in the options. To force that a value is less than another value, see :doc:`/reference/constraints/LessThan`.
The following constraints ensure that:
- the number of
siblings
of aPerson
is less than or equal to5
- the
age
is less than or equal to80
.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: php-annotations // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Person { /** * @Assert\LessThanOrEqual(5) */ protected $siblings; /** * @Assert\LessThanOrEqual( * value = 80 * ) */ protected $age; } .. code-block:: php-attributes // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Person { #[Assert\LessThanOrEqual(5)] protected $siblings; #[Assert\LessThanOrEqual( value: 80, )] protected $age; } .. code-block:: yaml # config/validator/validation.yaml App\Entity\Person: properties: siblings: - LessThanOrEqual: 5 age: - LessThanOrEqual: value: 80 .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/validator/validation.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd"> <class name="App\Entity\Person"> <property name="siblings"> <constraint name="LessThanOrEqual"> 5 </constraint> </property> <property name="age"> <constraint name="LessThanOrEqual"> <option name="value">80</option> </constraint> </property> </class> </constraint-mapping> .. code-block:: php // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata; class Person { public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata) { $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('siblings', new Assert\LessThanOrEqual(5)); $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('age', new Assert\LessThanOrEqual([ 'value' => 80, ])); } }
This constraint can be used to compare DateTime
objects against any date
string accepted by the DateTime constructor. For example, you could check
that a date must be today or in the past like this:
.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: php-annotations // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Person { /** * @Assert\LessThanOrEqual("today") */ protected $dateOfBirth; } .. code-block:: php-attributes // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Person { #[Assert\LessThanOrEqual('today')] protected $dateOfBirth; } .. code-block:: yaml # config/validator/validation.yaml App\Entity\Person: properties: dateOfBirth: - LessThanOrEqual: today .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/validator/validation.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd"> <class name="App\Entity\Person"> <property name="dateOfBirth"> <constraint name="LessThanOrEqual">today</constraint> </property> </class> </constraint-mapping> .. code-block:: php // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata; class Person { public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata) { $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('dateOfBirth', new Assert\LessThanOrEqual('today')); } }
Be aware that PHP will use the server's configured timezone to interpret these dates. If you want to fix the timezone, append it to the date string:
.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: php-annotations // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Person { /** * @Assert\LessThanOrEqual("today UTC") */ protected $dateOfBirth; } .. code-block:: php-attributes // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Person { #[Assert\LessThanOrEqual('today UTC')] protected $dateOfBirth; } .. code-block:: yaml # config/validator/validation.yaml App\Entity\Person: properties: dateOfBirth: - LessThanOrEqual: today UTC .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/validator/validation.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd"> <class name="App\Entity\Person"> <property name="dateOfBirth"> <constraint name="LessThanOrEqual">today UTC</constraint> </property> </class> </constraint-mapping> .. code-block:: php // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata; class Person { public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata) { $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('dateOfBirth', new Assert\LessThanOrEqual('today UTC')); } }
The DateTime
class also accepts relative dates or times. For example, you
can check that a person must be at least 18 years old like this:
.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: php-annotations // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Person { /** * @Assert\LessThanOrEqual("-18 years") */ protected $dateOfBirth; } .. code-block:: php-attributes // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Person { #[Assert\LessThanOrEqual('-18 years')] protected $dateOfBirth; } .. code-block:: yaml # config/validator/validation.yaml App\Entity\Person: properties: dateOfBirth: - LessThanOrEqual: -18 years .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/validator/validation.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd"> <class name="App\Entity\Person"> <property name="dateOfBirth"> <constraint name="LessThanOrEqual">-18 years</constraint> </property> </class> </constraint-mapping> .. code-block:: php // src/Entity/Person.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata; class Person { public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata) { $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('dateOfBirth', new Assert\LessThanOrEqual('-18 years')); } }
type: string
default: This value should be less than or equal to {{ compared_value }}.
This is the message that will be shown if the value is not less than or equal to the comparison value.
You can use the following parameters in this message:
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
{{ compared_value }} |
The upper limit |
{{ compared_value_type }} |
The expected value type |
{{ value }} |
The current (invalid) value |