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What happened last week in Symfony?
This week, the new Symfony 2.3 branch was created. In addition, the first Symfony 2.3 release candidate version was published, which includes tons of great small improvements. Lastly, one of the biggest Symfony events of the year, the Symfony Live Portland 2013 conference, will take place next week.
Upcoming EventsThe Symfony Community organizes events all over the world on a regular basis. Here are the next ones.
France, Montpellier — eZ UnConference #2
from May 27, 2013 to May 29, 2013
Germany, München — Symfony User Group München
on June 05, 2013, from 18:30 to 22:30
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on June 05, 2013, from 19:00 to 22:00
Spain, Madrid — deSymfony 2013
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Type
Type¶
Validates that a value is of a specific data type. For example, if a variable
should be an array, you can use this constraint with the array type option
to validate this.
| Applies to | property or method |
| Options | |
| Class | Type |
| Validator | TypeValidator |
Basic Usage¶
- YAML
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# src/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author: properties: age: - Type: type: integer message: The value {{ value }} is not a valid {{ type }}.
- Annotations
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// src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Author { /** * @Assert\Type(type="integer", message="The value {{ value }} is not a valid {{ type }}.") */ protected $age; }
- XML
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<!-- src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml --> <class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author"> <property name="age"> <constraint name="Type"> <option name="type">integer</option> <option name="message">The value {{ value }} is not a valid {{ type }}.</option> </constraint> </property> </class>
- PHP
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// src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Author { public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata) { $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('age', new Assert\Type(array( 'type' => 'integer', 'message' => 'The value {{ value }} is not a valid {{ type }}.', ))); } }
Options¶
type¶
type: string [default option]
This required option is the fully qualified class name or one of the PHP datatypes
as determined by PHP's is_ functions.
message¶
type: string default: This value should be of type {{ type }}
The message if the underlying data is not of the given type.
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