Re: Overriding form helper error messages in CakePHP 2.0

Shamless bump!

On Oct 24, 3:44 pm, "Richard@Home" <richardath...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> I have the following $validate in my User model:
>
>         var $validate = array(
>                 'email'=>array(
>                         'required'=>array(
>                                 'rule'=>'notEmpty',
>                                 'message'=>'cannot be blank'
>                         ),
>                         'email'=>array(
>                                 'rule'=>'email',
>                                 'message'=>'must be a valid email address'
>                         ),
>                         'unique'=>array(
>                                 'rule'=>'isUnique',
>                                 'message'=>'that email is already in use'
>                         )
>                 ),
>                 'password'=>array(
>                         'required'=>array(
>                                 'rule'=>'notEmpty',
>                                 'message'=>'cannot be blank'
>                         ),
>                         'length'=>array(
>                                 'rule'=>array('minLength', 6),
>                                 'message'=>'must be at least 6 letters, numbers or symbols'
>                         ),
>                         'matches'=>array(
>                                 'rule'=>'passwordsMatch',
>                                 'message'=>'passwords do not match'
>                         )
>                 )
>         );
>
> And I'm trying to override the 'unique' email address message in my
> form with:
>
> echo $this->Form->input('User.email', array(
>         'error'=>array(
>                 'unique' => 'That email is already in use. Have you ' . $this->Html->link('forgotten your password',
>
> array('action'=>'forgotten_password')) . '?'
>         )
> ));
>
> But it's still displaying the default validate message, not the custom
> one.
>
> What am I doing wrong?
>
> Thanks in advance.

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