Date Picker Control

PHP Field Configuration Reference

Date Picker

Use this config when fieldType is date_picker.

1) Base Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Default	Choices	Description
fieldType	Yes	string	date_picker	date_picker	Sets control type.
name	Yes	string			Sets control name. Use snake_case.
fieldLabel	Yes	string			Sets control label.
required	No	bool	false	true, false	Sets control required.
disabled	No	bool	false	true, false	Sets control disabled.
hideLabelFromVision	No	bool	false	true, false	Sets control hide label from vision.
fieldHelpText	No	string			Sets control help text.
className	No	string			Sets control css class name.
fieldLabelPosition	No	string	top	top, left	Sets control label position.
fieldLabelTextTransform	No	string	uppercase	uppercase, capitalize, lowercase	Sets control label text transform.

2) Date Picker Specific Parameters

Parameter	Required	Type	Default	Choices	Description
currentDate	No	string			The current date at initialization. Use datetime-local format (e.g. 2024-01-15T10:30).
dateOrder	No	string	dmy	dmy, mdy, ymd	The order of day, month, and year. This prop overrides the time format determined by is12Hour prop.
startOfWeek	No	int	0	0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6	The day that the week should start on. 0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, etc.
is12Hour	No	bool	false	true, false	Whether to use a 12-hour clock. With a 12-hour clock, an AM/PM widget is displayed and the time format is assumed to be MM-DD-YYYY.

3) PHP Array Schema

Here is an example of how to use the date picker control in a post meta configuration:

[
    'fieldType' => 'date_picker',
    'name' => 'post_date_picker',
    'fieldLabel' => 'Post Date Picker',
    'required' => false,
    'disabled' => false,
    'hideLabelFromVision' => false,
    'fieldHelpText' => 'Select a date.',
    'className' => 'custom-class',
    'fieldLabelPosition' => 'top',
    'fieldLabelTextTransform' => 'uppercase',
    'currentDate' => '',
    'dateOrder' => 'dmy',
    'startOfWeek' => 0,
    'is12Hour' => false,
]

3) Hook-Based Example (Post Meta Config)

It is available to use this control in post meta fields, term meta fields and user settings page and options page fields.

Available hooks:

• native_custom_fields_post_meta_fields
• native_custom_fields_term_meta_fields
• native_custom_fields_user_meta_fields
• native_custom_fields_options_page_fields

add_filter( 'native_custom_fields_post_meta_fields', function( array $configs ): array {
    $post_type = 'book';

    if ( ! isset( $configs[ $post_type ] ) || ! is_array( $configs[ $post_type ] ) ) {
        $configs[ $post_type ] = [
            'post_type' => $post_type,
            'sections'  => [],
        ];
    }

    $configs[ $post_type ]['sections'][] = [
        'meta_box_id'       => 'post_options',
        'meta_box_title'    => 'Post Options',
        'meta_box_context'  => 'side',
        'meta_box_priority' => 'default',
        'fields'            => [
            [
            'fieldType' => 'date_picker',
            'name' => 'post_date_picker',
            'fieldLabel' => 'Post Date Picker',
            'required' => false,
            'disabled' => false,
            'hideLabelFromVision' => false,
            'fieldHelpText' => 'Select a date.',
            'className' => 'custom-class',
            'fieldLabelPosition' => 'top',
            'fieldLabelTextTransform' => 'uppercase',
            'currentDate' => '',
            'dateOrder' => 'dmy',
            'startOfWeek' => 0,
            'is12Hour' => false,
            ],
        ],
    ];

    return $configs;
} );

4) Stored Value Type

Field Type	Meta Value Type
date_picker	string (ISO date string, for example "2024-01-15T00:00:00")