This has always been a question I've had and never asked! I can see the reasons why Zend Form had it's own validation elements created but I would of thought for the sake of the Framework it would of been good to try and use Zend_Validate as a base and increase it's features equally. Zend_Validate still has it's place.
If there is thoughts going into the context side of Zend_Form I think it could do with some additional features, such as being able to access the filtered context, or the already validated context and being able to set other fields values using the context. They might not be possible due to the nature of the loop and the chain. I think you will have to extend Zend_Validate. Simon -- View this message in context: http://zend-framework-community.634137.n4.nabble.com/validator-chains-and-context-tp2130875p2131387.html Sent from the Zend Framework mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
