not save bootstrap date value to tha DB table in Laravel - php

Question

I'm using a bootstrap date picker in my form to save date value in the controller
public function store(Request $request)
{
$task = new Task;
$task->task_name = $request->input('name');
$task->body = $request->input('body');
$task->assign = $request->input('status');
$task->priority = $request->input('status');
$task->duedate = $request->input('date');
$task->save();
}
This is form date picker
<div class="col-xs-3">
<div class="input-group">
<div class="input-group-addon">
<i class="fa fa-calendar">
</i>
</div>
<input class="form-control" id="date" name="date" placeholder="MM/DD/YYYY" type="text"/>
</div>
</div>
This is jQuery function regarding with bootstrap date picker in app.blade.php
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://code.jquery.com/jquery-1.11.3.min.js"></script>
<!-- Bootstrap Date-Picker Plugin -->
<script type="text/javascript" src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.4.1/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js"></script>
<script>
$(document).ready(function(){
var date_input=$('input[name="date"]'); //our date input has the name "date"
var container=$('.bootstrap-iso form').length>0 ? $('.bootstrap-iso form').parent() : "body";
var options={
format: 'mm/dd/yyyy',
container: container,
todayHighlight: true,
autoclose: true,
};
date_input.datepicker(options);
})
</script>
Save other form date without date value in my table duedate column save with 0000-00-00 values. How can I solve this?

Answer 1

This is not working because you have set date format format: 'mm/dd/yyyy', like this and mysql date datatype accepts only Y-m-d format so you can change the format of date in datetime picker or change using Carbon or date("Y-m-d", strtotime($request->input("date"))) function

Answer 2

Looks like you already got it sorted but since you are already using laravel just utilize the Carbon package and it will be super simple. plus the Carbon parser is pretty good and if you ever change the way you submit the data from the front end you don't have to worry about updating your code base
use Carbon\Carbon;
public function store(Request $request)
{
...
$task->duedate = (new Carbon($request->input('date')))->toDateString();
...