Yii2 TrimBehavior

This behavior automatically truncates all spaces and other characters in all attributes in a model before validate. The easiest way is to add this behavior to the parent class so that all attributes are always trimmed.

Note: Behavior automatically skips any non-string and empty values.

Install

Install via composer

composer require laxity7/yii2-trim-behavior

Or you may add dependency manually in composer.json:

 "laxity7/yii2-trim-behavior": "*"

How to use

To use TrimBehavior, insert the following code to your Model/ActiveRecord class:

/** @inheritdoc */
public function behaviors(): array
{
   return [
       'trimAttributes' => \laxity7\yii2\behaviors\TrimBehavior::class, // trim all attributes
       // ... other behaviors
   ];
}

You can also pass the following parameters:

• fields string[] (by default []) List of fields to process. By default all fields.
• mask string (by default ' \t\n\r �') Simply list all characters that you want to be stripped. You can use TrimBehavior::DEFAULT_MASK to combine your characters and defaults
• once string[] (by default true) Run the behavior once and detach after.

So, the complete list of settings will look like this:

/** @inheritdoc */
public function behaviors(): array
{
    return [
        [
            'class'  => \laxity7\yii2\behaviors\TrimBehavior::class,
            'fields' => ['foo', 'bar'],
            'mask'   => '_' . TrimBehavior::DEFAULT_MASK,
            'once'   => false,
        ],
    ];
}

If you want to trim only certain fields in a certain class, then better to use the filter in rules of validation

/** @inheritdoc */
public function rules()
{
    return [
        [['filedName1', 'filedName1'], 'filter', 'filter' => 'trim'],
        // ... other rules
    ];
}