On Jan 25, 2008, at 6:38 AM, grigri wrote:
> > I'd like to hear some suggestions on cakeifying an existing system. > > Cake's validation is wonderful, but it only allows "yes this is good" > and "no it isn't". I've got an application I need to port that has > automated warnings built in for some fields. Have you checked out validation in 1.2? Multiple rules, pre build validators, easy custom rules.. I think you can easily do what you need in 1.2. -- John > Although my system is quite specific (it's a historic family tree, so > most of the warnings are like "Warning: this marriage is between two > cousins / brother and sister, are you sure?), I could see a generic > application, for example for URLs (warning: this URL returns a 404, > are you sure you want to add it?) or passwords (this is a crappy > password choice, use it at your own risk...). > > My old system gave each warning generated a session-level id and > presented an appropriate checkbox in the field 'error' position. The > validation routine checked if the checkbox was checked for each > registered warning and ignored it if appropriate. If there were no > errors, and no unchecked warnings, the form went through. > > My old system was not very flexible, a mish-mash of php includes and > whatnot, and I need to cakeify it. > > So, any suggestions on how to introduce this functionality to cake, > without rewriting the form helper or model validations? I've got a few > ideas but I'd like to hear input. > > (Once I've got a solid "normal" foundation for it, I'd like to extend > to js/ajax too, but this is definitely for later) > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. To post to this group, send email to cake-php@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
