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

Yup - agreed. I always use 'last' => true for each rule in a multi-part rule array (except for the last part of course) and put them in the most sensible processing order from a user perspective - which probably means the most likely one to fail first or perhaps the most important rule.

Jeremy Burns
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On 25 Sep 2010, at 13:47, euromark wrote:

> jeremy is right
> @see http://www.dereuromark.de/2010/09/21/saving-model-data-and-security/
> (The myth about "required" and "allowEmpty") further down
>
> i would - in your case - suggest to use "last"=>true as well!
>
>
>
> On 25 Sep., 14:25, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit
> <jeremybu...@classoutfit.com> wrote:
>> 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
>> Class Outfit
>>
>> jeremybu...@classoutfit.comhttp://www.classoutfit.com
>>
>> 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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