'required' key serves not existent fields, false by default.
var $validate = array(
'name' => array(
'notempty' => array(
'rule' => array('notempty'),
'required' => true // this rule will
fail if data array do not have "name" key
),
),
);
On Sep 30, 7:52 pm, psybear83 <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi everybody
>
> I have baked the following very straight-forward model:
>
> class Post extends AppModel {
> var $name = 'Post';
> var $displayField = 'name';
> var $validate = array(
> 'name' => array(
> 'notempty' => array(
> 'rule' => array('notempty')
> ),
> ),
> );
>
> }
>
> It only needs a value for "name" to be saved.
>
> Now I've written the following 3 tests:
>
> function testShouldNotBeValidWithEmptyName() {
> $this->Post->create(array('name' => ''));
> $this->assertFalse($this->Post->validates());
> }
>
> function testShouldNotBeValidWithoutName() {
> $this->Post->create();
> $this->assertFalse($this->Post->validates()); // Fails!
> }
>
> function testShouldNotBeValidWithNullName() {
> $this->Post->create(array('name' => null));
> $this->assertFalse($this->Post->validates());
> }
>
> I expect all three of them to work, but the 2nd one fails! So why does
> it validate when there truly is no value for the "name" field? Is this
> really the way it should be, or is it a bug?
>
> I'm on version 1.3.4.
>
> Thanks for help
> Josh
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