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Datamapper: Problem validation - El Forum - 12-23-2011
[eluser]scherman[/eluser]
Hi, i have a problem with the datamapper, and i new on that. i hope you can help me.
I have a controller's method called "create" which add an "article" object to the Database. Each article has one "Author".
The form is composed by:
- Title (input text)
- Author (dropdown: default-index = 0) -> I load the authors objects at this dropdown, so the user can chose one.
The "create" method at the controller have this:
Code:
$article = new Article();
$article->title = $this->input->post('txtTitle');
$author = new Author();
$author->where('id', $this->input->post('dpAuthor'));
$author->get();
if($article->save($author)){
echo 'It has been added';
}else{
echo $article->error->string;
}Article's model (only the validation's part)
Code:
var $validation = array(
'title' => array(
'label' => 'Title',
'rules' => array('required', 'trim', 'min_length' => 1, 'max_length' => 50),
)
);The problem is, if i let the text field empty and chose none authors, the error is only about the title field, but it says nothing about the author field (and i have no authors with id=0)
I want that, if the user let the form empty (text's field empty, and the dropdown's index = 0), shows an error which include "complete the title" but "select an author" too.
How can i do that? I listen any others ways to do it too.
Thank you so much and sorry for my english.