Changing order of validation rules on a form question. How do I?

peregrine · July 2013

This is a question?? not an answer

let's says there is a form

input 1
input 2
input 3

you add an input 4  and a validation rule for input 4

 if 4 is bad ....
 $Sender->Validation->AddValidationResult('input1',T('please enter input4'));
 $Sender->EventArguments['Valid'] = FALSE;

how do you get it to evaluate input1 2, and 3 rules first and then after that evaluate the rule you added in input4.

currently it seems to evaluate input4 before evaluating 1,2, or 3.

once 4 is correct if 1,2, or 3 display validation results.

vrijvlinder · July 2013

I might not understand the question these are the rules for my contact plugin

                $Validation = new Gdn_Validation();
                $Validation->ApplyRule('YourName', 'Required', 'You must enter your name.');
                $Validation->ApplyRule('YourEmail', 'Email', 'You must enter your e-mail (will not be published).');
                $Validation->ApplyRule('Message', 'Required',"You must include a Message");
                            $Validation->ApplyRule('Checkbox', 'Required',"You must check the box");

You get a separate warning for each and also a combo depending on how many you missed filling out..

peregrine · July 2013

I might not be presenting the question well. but you gave me the possible reason.

I mistakenly said input4 had a rule added when in fact it didn't, just a test of the form input and then this was applied, that explains it, it never got to the other rules.

$Sender->Validation->AddValidationResult('input1',T('please enter input4'));

so it looks like i may need to create some custom rules and apply them.

thanks, never occurred to me! doh!

vrijvlinder · July 2013

Each one gets it's own error

$Sender->Form->SetValidationResults($Validation->Results());
            if($Sender->Form->ErrorCount() == 0){
                $Name = $FormValues['YourName'];
                $Subject = sprintf('Contact From %s %s', $Name, date('j M Y H:i'));
                $Email->Subject($Subject);
                $Email->To( C('Garden.Email.SupportAddress', ''));
                $Email->From($FormValues['YourEmail']);
                $Email->Message($FormValues['Message']);
                $Option=GetIncomingValue('Form/Checkbox');

I would guess that without a rule it validates nothing ?

peregrine · July 2013

thx. we both edited messages.

like I said I tested data received from form and did my own checking without applying a rule, I still manually validated but.... Unfortunately my own checking caused my rule to be tested first. where as it would have been sequential if I created a custom rule and then applied it using the proper methods. Just tried to take a shortcut, which didn't work the way i wanted.

Changing order of validation rules on a form question. How do I?

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