You should be able to do this by extending sfValidatorSchema. I don't see anything about the development of symfony here, so please post this sort of question to symfony-users in the future.
Thanks, Kris -- Kris Wallsmith | Release Manager [email protected] Portland, Oregon USA http://twitter.com/kriswallsmith On Feb 10, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Amadeus wrote: > A number of times in my code I have desired to make use of a group of > validators without using a form. Sometimes I'll just write out one or > two validators in my actions but I see a need for a more unified > process. A stripped down sfForm without widgets, rendering etc... just > validation that I can then extend for myneeds. I would provide the > values though a setValues method or such and return my errors so that > I can deal with them in my actions. If errors occcured, I show > somethingError.php and display the errors - not really meant for user > editing such as a form but a mass validation for other reason. > > Has anyone else come across this need? Is this something to be > explored? > > I am personally about to create a myValidationFilter class or > something like that (not sure what to call it) that would be like > sfForm with only the validatorSchema and validatorErrorSchema parts. > > For those wondering of possible scenarios consider this one. I have > membership plans. If a user wishes to downgrade the system will check > about 10 things to see if there will be issues. If there are I need to > let the user know that downgrade is not possible until they take care > of this. So it needs to validate about 10 things and return the > correct error messages. Thsis is not a form as there is nothing the > user can fill in. If there is an error they need to go do something in > their admin and come back and try again. Writing out 10 validators > in my actions is messy and not test friendly. Slapping the same code > in my table method is also not what I want. Id like to simply say > something such as: > > $val = new planModifyValidationFilter(); > //set plan values however > ... > > if($val->validate()) > { > return sfView::SUCCESS; > } > else > { > $this->errors = $val->getErrors(); > return sfView::ERROR; > } > > > Thoughts? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "symfony developers" 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/symfony-devs?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "symfony developers" 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/symfony-devs?hl=en.
