Why not set $this->validate directly in beforeValidate of your model
(I do not see the point of the $validate variable) ?
On Jul 23, 7:20 pm, tyhilltx <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I would like to set the model $validate variable based on a session
> variable that I am successfully passing into my model. I've
> initialized the validate variable (see code below) and called it from
> within beforeValidate(). (see code below).
>
> Reason: half of my table fields are optional based on the filing
> status the user selects. I would like to take advantage of Cake's
> built-in validate but have these optional fields. Will this work? Is
> there a better alternative?
>
> var $validate = array();
>
> function beforeValidate() {
>
> global $validate;
> if ($this->sess_filing_status == "married") {
>
> $validate = array(
> 'user_id' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'filing_status' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_first_name' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_last_name' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_county' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_address1' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_city' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_state' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_zip' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_home_phone' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_email' => VALID_EMAIL,
> 'secondary_first_name' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'secondary_last_name' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'secondary_county' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'secondary_address1' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'secondary_city' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'secondary_state' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'secondary_zip' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'secondary_home_phone' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'secondary_email' => VALID_EMAIL,
> 'expiration_date' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY
> );
>
> } else {
>
> $validate = array(
> 'user_id' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'filing_status' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_first_name' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_last_name' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_county' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_address1' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_city' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_state' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_zip' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_home_phone' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY,
> 'principal_email' => VALID_EMAIL,
> 'expiration_date' => VALID_NOT_EMPTY
> );
>
> }
>
> Thanks for your time!
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