Works perfectly, thanks. On Jul 13, 10:07 pm, Jeremy Burns | Class Outfit <[email protected]> wrote: > Here's a custom validation rule that works: > > function hasOnePhone() { > > $addressTypes = array( > 'OrderAddress', > 'BillingAddress', > 'Customer' > ); > > foreach ($addressTypes as $addressType): > > if (isset($this->data[$addressType])): > > if ( > $this->data[$addressType]['phone_home'] != > null > || $this->data[$addressType]['phone_work'] != > null > || $this->data[$addressType]['phone_cell'] != > null > ): > return true; > endif; > > endif; > > endforeach; > > return false; > > } > > ...called like this in you $validate array: > > 'phone_home' => array( > ...other rules..., > 'hasOnePhone' => array( > 'rule' => 'hasOnePhone', > 'message' => 'You must enter at least one > phone number.', > 'last' => true > ), > ... > ), > 'phone_work' => array( > ...other rules..., > 'hasOnePhone' => array( > 'rule' => 'hasOnePhone', > 'message' => 'You must enter at least one > phone number.', > 'last' => true > ), > ... > ), > > ...and so on. > > This actually checks across three models in the data array. You can take out > the [$addressType] foreach loop and simply hard code the name of your model. > > Jeremy Burns > Class Outfit > > http://www.classoutfit.com > > On 13 Jul 2011, at 10:58, Sanfly wrote: > > > > > > > > > Hi > > > Im doing some data validation from a form using my model. > > > I have a form with phone numbers added: phone_home, phone_mobile, > > phone_work > > > With my model, I want to validate that at least one of the three is > > filled, but doesnt have to be all three. Is there any way to do that? > > > -- > > Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video > > Tutorialshttp://tv.cakephp.org > > Check out the new CakePHP Questions sitehttp://ask.cakephp.organd help > > others with their CakePHP related questions. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] For more options, visit this group > > athttp://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
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