Re: Why is the Validation Filters Array Processed Backwards and Returns Conservatively?

Ah, cool - thanks for clearing that up :)

On Sep 16, 8:18 am, grigri <j...@hendersonwebdesign.com> wrote:
> > If that's true, how do you explain the behaviour I mentioned above?
> > (unique message doesn't display, required message does)?
>
> Because in your example, the validation rule is not handled in the
> normal manner. Checking if a field is empty or not is not handled by
> the 'allowEmpty' key, and works differently to the normal validation
> flow (yeah, it's weird).
>
> For example, with these rules:
>
> var $validate = array(
>   "name"=>array(
>     "required"=>array(
>       "rule"=>array("minLength, 1),
>       "message"=>"is required",
>       "required"=>true
>     ),
>     "need-a"=>array(
>       "rule"=>"/a/",
>       "message"=>"must contain an a"
>     ),
>     "need-b"=>array(
>       "rule"=>"/b/",
>       "message"=>"must contain a b"
>     )
>   )
> );
>
> If you give it "xyz", both the 'need-a' and 'need-b' rules will fail,
> and the error message will first be set to "must contain an a" then
> overwritten with "must contain a b". If, in the "need-a" rule you add
> "last" => true, then the validation for that field will stop after
> 'need-a' fails and the error message will remain "must contain an a".
>
> hope this makes sense
> grigri
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