http://book.cakephp.org/view/410/Validating-Data-from-the-Controller
On Nov 25, 8:23 am, Razvan Pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've just started developing a website with CakePHP and already hit a > bump. I don't understand why validation is done only when saving the > data to the database. This is a very bad thing because: > - you work with possible invalid data in the controller (let's say > your making a website that calculates things and you want to put just > the result of the operation in the database.. now you are forced to > validate the input in the controller so that you don't get division by > zero, that every input is a number and so on...) > - you are going to do weird hacks for user registration. (hash the > password field but keep the confirm password field intact for > validation.. now validation errors would be displayed for the confirm > password field instead of password. not something you want for a > serious website) > > Now.. did I miss something and there is a way to move validation so > that it runs before the controller? I don't even want the controller > to run if there is a validation error... > > Razvan. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CakePHP" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
