Awesome!! Thank you very much! (I do understand that this decision was made independent of my questions about this feature, but I figure that it's a nice feature that I'm looking forwards to, and so saying 'Thanks' seems to be a good thing to do :) )
Thanks! --Mike On Mar 8, 6:42 am, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This will be implemented before the next release. > > On Mar 7, 8:26 pm, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for your suggestion - I was thinking about that, and here's > > what I came up with. If you can see any holes/offer any refinements, > > I'd love to hear about them :) > > > Part of the reason I'm against this is that I've already got a > > function that does what I want, and I'm looking to reuse it in > > CakePHP, rather than redo everything the Cake way. > > > Another part is that I think that if I redo this in Cake, it'll end up > > being more awkward, because I want this functionality to be used for > > multiple fields (so I'll need the same collection of rules, for each > > and every field). > > > My goal: > > I want to create a directory on the server, so that users can upload > > files to the server. When the 'superuser' creates the directory, I > > want there to be 2 options: > > 1) Use an existing directory > > 2) Use an existing directory if it's there, and create it if not. > > > So, breaking this down into pieces, it seems like there are a couple > > of steps: > > 1) If the directory exists: > > 1.1) If it's writable, then we're done & we're good > > 1.2) If it's NOT writable, then we're done & we've got an error > > > 2) If it doesn't exist: > > 2.1) If the user has elected to create the directory when it doesn't > > exist, > > then create it > > 2.1.1) We may encounter errors trying to create the directory > > > 2.2) If the user has elected to NOT create the directory when it > > doesn't exist > > then we're done, and we've got an error > > > Basically, the user types the directory into a textbox, then checks a > > checkbox to indicate 'create if not present' > > > So - if I have a rule which says 'check for the existence (and > > writability) of the directory', and it finds that the directory isn't > > there, then we may need to give the user an error, OR we may not > > (depending on the 'create if not already there' checkbox). That would > > be 1 rule, I guess. > > > Next, if the directory doesn't exist, but we want to create it, we'll > > try to do that. Which is a second rule. There are a couple of > > different things that could go wrong, so I guess we'll use a semi- > > generic error message, and hope that's helpful enough :) > > > This all gets further complicated by a desire to reuse this for > > several different fields - now I need to copy this set of validation > > rules into the second (and third, etc, etc) fields, too, which is > > getting kind of awkward. It's not the end of the world, but having > > all the (related) logic in one function is kinda nice, and this way, > > that one function can produce exact error messages. > > > Thanks! > > --Mike > > > On Mar 7, 4:19 pm, "b logica" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Why not just create a second validation method and narrow the first > > > one to whatever concerns the message you've set for it? > > > > On Fri, Mar 7, 2008 at 6:46 PM, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Thanks for the reply! One of the big reasons I went with Cake is that > > > > it seemed to have an active, friendly community. I'm glad to be part > > > > of it! :) > > > > > I tried this out, and it doesn't seem to work. Looking at the code in > > > > cake/libs/model/model.php, specifically the invalidFields method, just > > > > below where the call_user_func_array function is called, it appears > > > > that if the user-defined validation method (i.e., my method) returns > > > > false, then the Cake code will call Model::invalidate using the > > > > default error message for that rule. > > > > > Since this happens after my method has finished executing, this means > > > > that the error message that my method set is now overwritten with the > > > > default 'message'. > > > > > As a matter of fact - looking at the code in the invalidFields, it > > > > looks like it's impossible to have a validation method create a > > > > dynamic error message, given the code that's there, now. > > > > > Does anybody else have an interest in being able to create dynamic > > > > error messages from within a validation method/function? If so, how > > > > do we ask for this feature to be incorporated into Cake? > > > > > Thanks! > > > > --Mike > > > > > On Mar 7, 7:31 am, "dr. Hannibal Lecter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Have you tried Model::invalidate(...)? > > > > > >http://api.cakephp.org/1.2/class_model.html#81c94997c2d6158c40efd9c70... > > > > > > On Mar 6, 10:29 pm, Mike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hello! > > > > > > > In CakePHP 1.2, one can define a validation rule (in a model) that > > > > > > calls a method to do the validation. If the method returns false, > > > > > > then whatever message was specified for that rule is displayed in > > > > the > > > > > > view, which is great for most of data validation needs. > > > > > > > However, in the case that the method returns false, I'd to have > > > > that > > > > > > method change the 'message' to be something new (which the method > > > > just > > > > > > generated). It looks like I can do this by hacking the cake/ > > > > file, > > > > > > and by tweaking some code in the invalidFields method (right around > > > > > > the calls to call_user_func_array). > > > > > > > Is it possible to do this (to have the validation method set/change > > > > > > the message dynamically) without hacking Cake itself? I'm really > > > > > > sorry if I've missed this, but I've looked around, but haven't > > > > found > > > > > > anything that seems directly applicable. > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > ---Mike- Hide quoted text - > > > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cake PHP" group. 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