Zend_Validate_Identical not working.

kmg · #1 (**permalink**) 03-14-2008, 02:32 AM

I can't get Zend_Validate_Identical to work. It just always says "No token was provided to match against", no matter what.

PHP Code:


			


        $form->addElement('text', 'first', 

            array(

                'required'    => true,

                'label'        => 'First Name',

                'validators'    => array(

                    'alnum',

                    array('StringLength', 50, 3),

                    array('regex', false, '/^[a-zA-Z]/i'),

                    array('Identical', 'test')

                    ),

                )

            );

So what's the deal?

Also, I need to compare one form field to another form field (password to confirm password), and the easiest way I could think while following the validation model was to write a custom validator, something like Zend_Validate_IdenticalToField that would just take in a form element, and call it's getValue method for comparison. Is there some better way this could be implemented within the Zend_Form / Zend_Validate pattern? Also, what about a UniqueInModelField validator that checks against a model for any existing entries that would conflict, like for a unique email address? These are probably outside of the scope of Zend_Validate by quite a bit though. What do you guys think?

wudz · #2 (**permalink**) 05-05-2008, 04:40 PM

you should use this:
array('Identical', $variable)

if you set 'test', the validator compares text from your input field with the 'test' word

if you have input field named 'test', you should write something like that:

array('Identical', $this->getRequest()->getParam('test'))

in other words:

Code:

//password entered in the form
$password = $this->getRequest()->getParam('password'); 

//repeat password field in your form
$form->addElement('password', 'repeat_password', 
        array(
                //...
                'validators'    => array(
                 //...
                    array('Identical', $password)

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