Re: how to use required => true in multiple validation

I'm prepared to be corrected, but my understanding is that 'required => true' just means that the field must be present in the data array, and doesn't really test its value. So in your case, required => true might be enough.

Jeremy Burns
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On 25 Sep 2010, at 12:20, Mariano C. wrote:

> Reading the doc there's explained that require isn't a "pure" rule, so
> I'm asking how can I use it in multiple validation per field case:
>
> example:
> var $validate = array
> (
> 'id' => array(
> 'idRule-1' => array(
> 'rule' => 'isUnique',
> 'message' => 'id is already registered.'
> ),
> 'idRule-1' => array(
> 'rule' => '/^[a-z0-9]{3}-([a-z0-9]{5}-){3}[a-z0-9]{4}$/',
> 'message' => 'Id field is not valid.'
> ),
>
> )
> )
>
> How can I explain that ID field is required? where I can write this?
>
> Second question: "allowEmpty => false" is stricter than "required =>
> true"? My interpretation about allowEmpty => false is: field will be
> required and empty is not allowed. Am I right? If this, I could use
> allowEmpty in place of required.
>
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