It looks like Zend_Filter_Input, for some reason, automatically runs a
NotEmpty validator on every field. The message you're seeing is
Zend_Filter_Input's NOT_EMPTY_MESSAGE.
Setting the ALLOW_EMPTY meta command will get rid of it, but, of course,
won't run your own NotEmpty validator.
I haven't figured out a way to override this, though. And customizing
NOT_EMPTY_MESSAGE is out of the question, because I want per-field messages
(that don't reference the field name).
Does anyone have a solution?
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:59 AM, David Mintz <da...@davidmintz.org> wrote:
> I could use some help figuring out how to override the default validation
> error messages with my own. Consider this snippet, based on the example in
> the docs:
>
>
> $validators = array(
> 'month' => array(
> 'NotEmpty',
> 'Digits',
> 'messages' => array(
> 0 =>'my custom message: this is empty',
> 1=>'my custom message: this ain\'t digits!'),
> )
> );
> $input = new Zend_Filter_Input(null,$validators,
> array(
> 'month'=>''
> )
> );
> if ($input->isValid()) {
> echo "input is valid\n" ;
> } else {
> print_r($input->getMessages());
> }
>
>
> Output when I run this in 1.7.8:
>
> Array
> (
> [month] => Array
> (
> [isEmpty] => my custom message: this is empty yo
> [stringEmpty] => '' is an empty string
> )
>
> )
>
> Output when I run this in 1.9.0: (undesired):
>
>
> Array
> (
> [month] => Array
> (
> [isEmpty] => You must give a non-empty value for field 'month'
> )
>
> )
>
> I am having this problem with several Zend validation classes, not just
> Zend_Validate_NotEmpty. Any help is much appreciated.
>
> --
> David Mintz
> http://davidmintz.org/
>
> The subtle source is clear and bright
> The tributary streams flow through the darkness
>
