Class ValidationSet

ValidationSet object. Holds all validation rules for a field and exposes methods to dynamically add or remove validation rules

Cake\Validation\ValidationSet implements ArrayAccess, IteratorAggregate, Countable
Namespace: Cake\Validation
Location: Validation/ValidationSet.php

Properties summary

  • $_allowEmpty protected
    boolean|string|callable
    Denotes if a field is allowed to be empty
  • $_rules protected
    array
    Holds the ValidationRule objects
  • $_validatePresent protected
    boolean|string
    Denotes whether the fieldname key must be present in data array

Method Summary

  • add() public
    Sets a ValidationRule $rule with a $name
  • count() public
    Returns the number of rules in this set
  • getIterator() public
    Returns an iterator for each of the rules to be applied
  • Sets whether a field value is allowed to be empty
  • Sets whether a field is required to be present in data array.
  • Returns whether an index exists in the rule set
  • offsetGet() public
    Returns a rule object by its index
  • offsetSet() public
    Sets or replace a validation rule
  • offsetUnset() public
    Unsets a validation rule
  • remove() public
    Removes a validation rule from the set
  • rule() public
    Gets a rule for a given name if exists
  • rules() public
    Returns all rules for this validation set

Method Detail

add()source public 

add( string $name , Cake\Validation\ValidationRule|array $rule )

Sets a ValidationRule $rule with a $name

Example:

$set
         ->add('notBlank', ['rule' => 'notBlank'])
         ->add('inRange', ['rule' => ['between', 4, 10])

Parameters

string $name
The name under which the rule should be set
Cake\Validation\ValidationRule|array $rule
The validation rule to be set

Returns


$this

count()source public 

count( )

Returns the number of rules in this set

Returns

integer

Implementation of

Countable::count()

getIterator()source public 

getIterator( )

Returns an iterator for each of the rules to be applied

Returns

ArrayIterator

Implementation of

IteratorAggregate::getIterator()

isEmptyAllowed()source public 

isEmptyAllowed( boolean|string|callable|null $allowEmpty null )

Sets whether a field value is allowed to be empty

If no argument is passed the currently set allowEmpty value will be returned.

Parameters

boolean|string|callable|null $allowEmpty optional null

Valid values are true, false, 'create', 'update'

Returns

boolean|string|callable

isPresenceRequired()source public 

isPresenceRequired( boolean|string|null $validatePresent null )

Sets whether a field is required to be present in data array.

If no argument is passed the currently set validatePresent value will be returned.

Parameters

boolean|string|null $validatePresent optional null
Valid values are true, false, 'create', 'update'

Returns

boolean|string

offsetExists()source public 

offsetExists( string $index )

Returns whether an index exists in the rule set

Parameters

string $index
name of the rule

Returns

boolean

Implementation of

ArrayAccess::offsetExists()

offsetGet()source public 

offsetGet( string $index )

Returns a rule object by its index

Parameters

string $index
name of the rule

Returns

Cake\Validation\ValidationRule

Implementation of

ArrayAccess::offsetGet()

offsetSet()source public 

offsetSet( string $index , Cake\Validation\ValidationRule|array $rule )

Sets or replace a validation rule

Parameters

string $index
name of the rule
Cake\Validation\ValidationRule|array $rule
Rule to add to $index

Implementation of

ArrayAccess::offsetSet()

offsetUnset()source public 

offsetUnset( string $index )

Unsets a validation rule

Parameters

string $index
name of the rule

Implementation of

ArrayAccess::offsetUnset()

remove()source public 

remove( string $name )

Removes a validation rule from the set

Example:

$set
         ->remove('notBlank')
         ->remove('inRange')

Parameters

string $name
The name under which the rule should be unset

Returns


$this

rule()source public 

rule( string $name )

Gets a rule for a given name if exists

Parameters

string $name
The name under which the rule is set.

Returns

Cake\Validation\ValidationRule

rules()source public 

rules( )

Returns all rules for this validation set

Returns

array

Properties detail

$_allowEmptysource

protected boolean|string|callable

Denotes if a field is allowed to be empty

false

$_rulessource

protected array

Holds the ValidationRule objects

[]

$_validatePresentsource

protected boolean|string

Denotes whether the fieldname key must be present in data array

false

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