Class ModelValidator

Properties summary

• $_behaviors protected
  array
  Holds the list of behavior names that were attached when this object was created
• $_fields protected
  CakeValidationSet[]
  Holds the CakeValidationSet objects array
• $_methods protected
  array

  Holds the available custom callback methods, usually taken from model methods and behavior methods

• $_model protected
  Model
  Holds the reference to the model this Validator is attached to
• $_modelMethods protected
  array
  Holds the available custom callback methods from the model
• $_validate protected
  array

  The validators $validate property, used for checking whether validation rules definition changed in the model and should be refreshed in this class

Method Summary

• __construct() public

  Constructor

• _parseRules() protected

  Sets the CakeValidationSet objects from the Model::$validate property If Model::$validate is not set or empty, this method returns false. True otherwise.

• _triggerBeforeValidate() protected

  Propagates beforeValidate event

• _validateWithModels() protected

  Runs validation for hasAndBelongsToMany associations that have 'with' keys set and data in the data set.

• _validationList() protected

  Processes the passed fieldList and returns the list of fields to be validated

• add() public

  Adds a new rule to a field's rule set. If second argument is an array or instance of CakeValidationSet then rules list for the field will be replaced with second argument and third argument will be ignored.

• count() public

  Returns the number of fields having validation rules

• errors() public

  Returns an array of fields that have failed validation. On the current model. This method will actually run validation rules over data, not just return the messages.

• getField() public

  Returns a CakeValidationSet object containing all validation rules for a field, if no params are passed then it returns an array with all CakeValidationSet objects for each field

• getIterator() public

  Returns an iterator for each of the fields to be validated

• getMethods() public

  Gets all possible custom methods from the Model and attached Behaviors to be used as validators

• getModel() public

  Gets the model related to this validator

• invalidate() public

  Marks a field as invalid, optionally setting a message explaining why the rule failed

• offsetExists() public

  Returns whether a rule set is defined for a field or not

• offsetGet() public

  Returns the rule set for a field

• offsetSet() public

  Sets the rule set for a field

• offsetUnset() public

  Unsets the rule set for a field

• remove() public

  Removes a rule from the set by its name

• setValidationDomain() public

  Sets the I18n domain for validation messages. This method is chainable.

• validateAssociated() public

  Validates a single record, as well as all its directly associated records.

• validateMany() public

  Validates multiple individual records for a single model

• validates() public

  Returns true if all fields pass validation. Will validate hasAndBelongsToMany associations that use the 'with' key as well. Since Model::_saveMulti is incapable of exiting a save operation.

Method Detail

$validator
        ->add('title', 'required', array('rule' => 'notBlank', 'required' => true))
        ->add('user_id', 'valid', array('rule' => 'numeric', 'message' => 'Invalid User'))

    $validator->add('password', array(
        'size' => array('rule' => array('lengthBetween', 8, 20)),
        'hasSpecialCharacter' => array('rule' => 'validateSpecialchar', 'message' => 'not valid')
    ));

$validator
        ->remove('title', 'required')
        ->remove('user_id')

Properties detail

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