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
isEmptyAllowed() public
Sets whether a field value is allowed to be empty
isPresenceRequired() public
Sets whether a field is required to be present in data array.
offsetExists() public
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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