label not working with date select in cakephp 3

Question

I'm using form helper to input date select as follows

echo $this->Form->date('date_from', [
    'empty' => [
        'year' => 'Choose Year',
        'month' => 'Choose Month',
        'day' => 'Choose Date'
    ],
    'label' => 'Date From'
]);

But this is only showing select field and not the label Date From

Answer 1

It looks like CakePHP3 form helper with date doesn't support label as parameter.

But this will generate exactly the same label as you want:

<?php
  echo $this->Form->label('Date From');
  echo $this->Form->date('date_from', [
 'empty' => [
    'year' => 'Choose Year',
    'month' => 'Choose Month',
    'day' => 'Choose Date'
 ],
]);
?>

See here: Creating label in CakePHP3 form helper.

Answer 2

You can add the label in your HTML code:

    <div class="input date">
        <label>My label</label>
        <?php echo $this->Form->date('from_date'); ?>
    </div>

The difference between the Date Form Control and Form Control is that the last one outputs the div wrapper and the label (among others).