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123 changes: 83 additions & 40 deletions book/validation.rst
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Expand Up @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ application. The goal of validation is to tell you if the data
of an object is valid. For this to work, you'll configure a list of rules
(called :ref:`constraints <validation-constraints>`) that the object must
follow in order to be valid. These rules can be specified via a number of
different formats (YAML, XML, annotations, or PHP).
different formats (annotations, YAML, XML or PHP).

For example, to guarantee that the ``$name`` property is not empty, add the
following:
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<?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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

<class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
<property name="name">
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<container xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xmlns:framework="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/services/services-1.0.xsd
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/symfony/symfony-1.0.xsd">

<framework:config>
<framework:validation enable-annotations="true" />
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Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author:
properties:
gender:
- Choice: { choices: [male, female], message: Choose a valid gender. }
- Choice:
choices: [male, female]
message: Choose a valid gender.

.. code-block:: php-annotations

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<?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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

<class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
<property name="gender">
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public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
{
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('gender', new Choice(array(
'choices' => array('male', 'female'),
'message' => 'Choose a valid gender.',
)));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint(
'gender',
new Choice(array(
'choices' => array('male', 'female'),
'message' => 'Choose a valid gender.',
))
);
}
}

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<?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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

<class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
<property name="gender">
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for the constraint or play it safe by always passing in an array of options
(the first method shown above).

Translation Constraint Messages
.. _translation-constraint-messages:

Translating Constraint Messages
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You need to add the former label to be BC:

.. _translation-constraint-messages:

Translating Constraint Messages
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Thanks, will change it now

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For information on translating the constraint messages, see
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<?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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

<class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
<property name="firstName">
Expand All @@ -568,7 +581,10 @@ class to have at least 3 characters.

public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
{
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new NotBlank());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint(
'firstName',
new NotBlank()
);
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint(
'firstName',
new Length(array("min" => 3)));
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<?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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

<class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
<getter property="passwordLegal">
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{
public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
{
$metadata->addGetterConstraint('passwordLegal', new True(array(
'message' => 'The password cannot match your first name',
)));
$metadata->addGetterConstraint(
'passwordLegal',
new True(array(
'message' => 'The password cannot match your first name',
))
);
}
}

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<?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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

<class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\User">
<property name="email">
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</property>
<property name="city">
<constraint name="Length">
<option name="min">7</option>
<option name="min">2</option>
</constraint>
</property>
</class>
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{
public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
{
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('email', new Email(array(
'groups' => array('registration'),
)));

$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('password', new NotBlank(array(
'groups' => array('registration'),
)));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('password', new Length(array(
'min' => 7,
'groups' => array('registration')
)));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint(
'email',
new Email(array(
'groups' => array('registration'),
))
);

$metadata->addPropertyConstraint(
'password',
new NotBlank(array(
'groups' => array('registration'),
))
);
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint(
'password',
new Length(array(
'min' => 7,
'groups' => array('registration'),
))
);

$metadata->addPropertyConstraint(
'city',
Length(array("min" => 3)));
new Length(array(
'min' => 2,
))
);
}
}

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private $password;

/**
* @Assert\True(message="The password cannot match your username", groups={"Strict"})
* @Assert\True(
* message="The password cannot match your username",
* groups={"Strict"}
* )
*/
public function isPasswordLegal()
{
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<?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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

<class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\User">
<property name="username">
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// src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/User.php
namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Security\Core\User\UserInterface;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class User
class User implements UserInterface
{
public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
{
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<?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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping
http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

<class name="Acme\DemoBundle\Entity\User">
<property name="name">
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public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
{
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('name', new Assert\NotBlank());
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint('creditCard', new Assert\CardScheme(
'schemes' => array('VISA'),
'groups' => array('Premium'),
));
$metadata->addPropertyConstraint(
'creditCard',
new Assert\CardScheme(array(
'schemes' => array('VISA'),
'groups' => array('Premium'),
))
);
}
}

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it looks like this::

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Email;

// ...

public function addEmailAction($email)
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