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

Method Detail

addsource 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

mixed
$this

countsource public

count( )

Returns the number of rules in this set

Returns

integer
int

Implementation of

Countable::count()

getIteratorsource public

getIterator( )

Returns an iterator for each of the rules to be applied

Returns

ArrayIterator
\ArrayIterator

Implementation of

IteratorAggregate::getIterator()

isEmptyAllowedsource 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
bool|string|callable

isPresenceRequiredsource 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
bool|string

offsetExistssource public

offsetExists( string $index )

Returns whether an index exists in the rule set

Parameters

string $index
name of the rule

Returns

boolean
bool

Implementation of

ArrayAccess::offsetExists()

offsetGetsource public

offsetGet( string $index )

Returns a rule object by its index

Parameters

string $index
name of the rule

Returns

Cake\Validation\ValidationRule
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule

Implementation of

ArrayAccess::offsetGet()

offsetSetsource 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()

offsetUnsetsource public

offsetUnset( string $index )

Unsets a validation rule

Parameters

string $index
name of the rule

Implementation of

ArrayAccess::offsetUnset()

removesource 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

mixed
$this

rulesource 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
\Cake\Validation\ValidationRule

rulessource public

rules( )

Returns all rules for this validation set

Returns

array
array

Properties summary

$_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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