Symfony2 validation.yml for value of Array field type

Question

For each user I have name, surname and phone numbers. I need to validate these fields in my validation.yml to check if they are not empty. For name and surname validation I have this and it is working very well:

RFQ\IronilBundle\Entity\User:
properties:
    name:
        - NotBlank: { groups: [not_empty] }
    surname:
        - NotBlank: { groups: [not_empty] }

Problem is there that I can't to find any example in documentation how to validate phone field, because each user can have more than one phone number. My entity for phone is:

/**
 * @ORM\Column(type="array", nullable=true)
 * @Assert\NotNull()
 */
protected $phone;

and upon registering I insert in database empty array value (I need this to show empty phone field in my edit action):

public function __construct() {
    parent::__construct();
    $this->phone = array('');
}

Thank you!

I think the All validator do this job for you. Theck the doc — Matteo
– Matteo, Commented Sep 25, 2014 at 16:03
You could always use a Callback validator that would call an entity method that does the checks. — kix
– kix, Commented Sep 25, 2014 at 16:07

Leo Bedrosian · Accepted Answer · 2014-09-25 16:42:19Z

2

There's an All validation type that will iterate over arrays and Traversable objects and apply constraints to them. So for example, if you want to make sure each phone element is max 10 characters, you could do the following:

RFQ\IronilBundle\Entity\User:
properties:
    name:
        - NotBlank: { groups: [not_empty] }
    surname:
        - NotBlank: { groups: [not_empty] }
    phone:
        - All:
            - NotBlank:  ~
            - Length:
                max: 10

The reference documentation.

answered Sep 25, 2014 at 16:42

Leo Bedrosian

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RydelHouse Over a year ago

Thank you for answer! But I need to assign a group to this validation too. Maybe you know how I can do that?

RydelHouse Over a year ago

- All: { groups: [not_empty] } throws me syntax error, but - NotBlank: { groups: [not_empty] } just doesn't work.

Leo Bedrosian Over a year ago

I think I remember having this conversation with someone else too. What was the error, that the All constraint doesn't support groups?

RydelHouse Over a year ago

Unable to parse at line 9 (near " - NotBlank: ~").

Leo Bedrosian Over a year ago

Ah invalid yml syntax. So add - groups: [not_empty] as an element of All like the other properties (so just above - NotBlank: ~).

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