-- SiCo007 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote (on Thursday, 27 March 2008, 12:50 PM -0700): > > Thanks, a further question, what is the preffered way of setting custom > validator messages, I couldn't get any of the ways I tried (both setting the > message by grabbing the validator, which seems like an extra step, trying to > pass the messages in an array in addElement and finally trying to set the > message for the alllow empty. > > Will there be a simple (preferably as part of addElement) or does it already > exist and I just haven't found it?!
It's documented and straightforward: You pass an array of error code/message pairs to the 'messages' key in the params for the validator: $element = new Zend_Form_Element(array( 'validators' => array( array('NotEmpty', false, array( 'messages' => array('isEmpty' => 'This is a custom message') )), ) ); The trick is remembering that 'messages' should be an *array*, and that it should contain key/value pairs of validation class constants/mesages. You can also simply use translation files, which are the easier method. In that case, you provide translations for each validation error code you want a custom message for, and attach the translator: $form->setTranslator($translate); You can use a translation object even if you only have one language; the nice part is it future-proofs your site for additional languages. :-) -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney PHP Developer | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Zend - The PHP Company | http://www.zend.com/