this is my first project with FuelPHP and I'm using the ORM package to build a localized (English/French) application.
I have scaffolded my (ORM) model with oil and my first question is: why do oil generates a validate function instead of validation in $_properties? I have manually added the validation inside $_properties but wonder if I need to keep the validate function.
Second, I need to customize the error messages. I have translated lang/en/validation.php to lang/fr/validation.php but those messages are generic and use the input name which isn't translated, so that doesn't cut it. How can I have custom (and localized) error messages for each fileds in my model? I have wrestled with the Fieldset class but still can't wrap my head around it. If this is the solution, can someone provide a complete usage example?
I also would like to implement custom validation (like check_unique) and wonder what is the proper way of doing it considering the previous requirements.
The scaffolding code is still quite generic so it can both support Model_Crud and ORM.
You can 'overload' validation messages using the set_message() method on the validation object. It will still be a message per rule though, not a message per field. That would be quite useless because a field can have an entire list of errors, one for every rule you have defined. There is no option to set a custom message for each field/rule combination atm.
I tend to store model specific validation methods in the model itself (which you then can use in the $_properties), or in a central validation class if the rules are generic and I want to use them in multiple places.
Both methods are documented, so see the docs.
OK. If anyone is interested in a rather cheap solution, I worked around the custom error messages limitation by overriding the get_message method of the Validation_Error class.
I simply added a test to check if there is a validation string (in my custom validation locale) corresponding to fieldset_name.field_name.rule_name
You need to extend the fieldset class to add a get_name public method in order to retrieve the fieldset name (the property is protected) inside the Validation_Error class.
Note that the ORM assign the model name to the fieldset name.
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