Symfony2 input require

Question

I'm trying to create a form that have some optional fields (leave them blank), to do this i've added the required => false option to the formbuilder...

$builder->add('twitter', 'url', array('required' => 'false'));

The Entity doesn't have any Validation Constraints...

/**
 * @var string
 *
 * @ORM\Column(name="twitter", type="string", length=50)
 */
private $twitter;

Also tried to clear the cache in dev, prod with debug true/false. But the form still have the required attribute when it loads :$

<input type="url" id="post_add_twitter" name="post_add[twitter]" required="required" />

My setup passes the php app/check.php

What i'm doing wrong ?

EDITED: Symfony version 2.1.7, PHP version 5.4.7

Symfony 2.4.7? I think 2.2 is not out yet. Your php version does not make sense either. — ChocoDeveloper
– ChocoDeveloper, Commented Jan 30, 2013 at 1:19
Ops, my mistake... Completely mixed the numbers :$ Edited and ty for reporting. (Autonote: Go sleep...) — user1092437
– user1092437, Commented Jan 30, 2013 at 4:06

Mathew · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-30 00:38:36Z

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The 'required' attribute takes a boolean, not a string:

$builder->add('twitter', 'url', array('required' => false));

I haven't looked too deep, but I would imagine that this attribute is type-cast at some point, meaning any string (other than '') will evaluate to true, and force your field into being required

edited Jan 30, 2013 at 0:38

answered Jan 30, 2013 at 0:25

Mathew

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user1092437 Over a year ago

You're right. I was passing the string 'false' and not a boolean value. ¬¬ I'm Too dumb tonight... Haha MatW ty for helping ;)

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