I know that. I can simply set the validation to a-z and return the error to the user saying reason why error.
I am asking is it better to simply remove it in beforeValidate() then try to save it or simply skip beforeValidate() and send all the entered data direct to validation. User enters $data['city'] = N3W Y0rk, now that's not a real city so remove the 3 and the zero in before validate or just bypass it all together. That's all. Thanks, Dave From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Charles Blackwell Sent: Friday, November 22, 2013 9:31 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Best Practise - beforeValidate() You could use validation and create a custom method to validate to your specification. http://book.cakephp.org/2.0/en/models/data-validation.html#custom-validation -rules On Friday, 22 November 2013 18:43:34 UTC-5, advantage+ wrote: What is the best way when saving data for example take city or first name field. You want it to only be a-z and a space - or.(period) Should you in beforeValidate do a preg_replace and remove anything that you do not want then save(attempt) it or simply use the validation rules to check and save / return false explaining why? Just curious as to how people approach this and reasons for doing it either way. Thanks, Dave -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- Like Us on FaceBook https://www.facebook.com/CakePHP Find us on Twitter http://twitter.com/CakePHP --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
