So then, is there no way to have all errors be returned to the
controller for displaying in the view? I've still yet to discover a
way.
On Sep 16, 6:32 am, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Interestingly, there's only one test case in the core that deals with
> validation order, and it seems incorrect (or at least misleading).
>
> This is the code:
>
> $TestModel->validate = array(
> 'title' => array(
> 'tooShort' => array('rule' =>
> array('minLength', 50)),
> 'onlyLetters' => array('rule' => '/[a-z]+/i')
> ),
> );
> $data = array('TestValidate' => array(
> 'title' => 'I am a short string'
> ));
> $TestModel->create($data);
> $result = $TestModel->validates();
> $this->assertFalse($result);
> $result = $TestModel->validationErrors;
> $expected = array(
> 'title' => 'tooShort'
> );
> $this->assertEqual($result, $expected);
>
> Based on this test, it looks like it's assumed that both rules would
> fail, but that validation would stop on the 1st rule. But it doesn't,
> because although the second rule is called "only letters" the regexp "/
> [a-z]+/i" doesn't mean "only letters" it means "must contain at least
> one sequence of at least one letter" (rather pointless - anything that
> would match/fail this would also match/fail "/[a-z]/i"). "only
> letters" would be "/^[a-z]+$/i"
>
> I think I'll create a trac ticket about this; it certainly needs some
> clarification.
>
> On Sep 16, 10:50 am, "O.J. Tibi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Thanks for the help guys, I'll make a few test cases on this behavior
> > later and see if it's as how grigri described.
>
> > On Sep 16, 4:51 pm, RichardAtHome <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Ah, cool - thanks for clearing that up :)
>
> > > On Sep 16, 8:18 am, grigri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > > > If that's true, how do you explain the behaviour I mentioned above?
> > > > > (unique message doesn't display, required message does)?
>
> > > > Because in your example, the validation rule is not handled in the
> > > > normal manner. Checking if a field is empty or not is not handled by
> > > > the 'allowEmpty' key, and works differently to the normal validation
> > > > flow (yeah, it's weird).
>
> > > > For example, with these rules:
>
> > > > var $validate = array(
> > > > "name"=>array(
> > > > "required"=>array(
> > > > "rule"=>array("minLength, 1),
> > > > "message"=>"is required",
> > > > "required"=>true
> > > > ),
> > > > "need-a"=>array(
> > > > "rule"=>"/a/",
> > > > "message"=>"must contain an a"
> > > > ),
> > > > "need-b"=>array(
> > > > "rule"=>"/b/",
> > > > "message"=>"must contain a b"
> > > > )
> > > > )
> > > > );
>
> > > > If you give it "xyz", both the 'need-a' and 'need-b' rules will fail,
> > > > and the error message will first be set to "must contain an a" then
> > > > overwritten with "must contain a b". If, in the "need-a" rule you add
> > > > "last" => true, then the validation for that field will stop after
> > > > 'need-a' fails and the error message will remain "must contain an a".
>
> > > > hope this makes sense
> > > > grigri- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -
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