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Locale

Validates that a value is a valid locale.

The "value" for each locale is either the two letter ISO639-1 language code (e.g. fr), or the language code followed by an underscore (_), then the ISO3166 country code (e.g. fr_FR for French/France).

Applies to	property or method
Options	message
Class	Locale
Validator	LocaleValidator

Basic Usage

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        # src/UserBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
Acme\UserBundle\Entity\User:
    properties:
        locale:
            - Locale:
    

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        // src/Acme/UserBundle/Entity/User.php
namespace Acme\UserBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class User
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Locale
     */
     protected $locale;
}
    

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        <!-- src/Acme/UserBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml -->
<class name="Acme\UserBundle\Entity\User">
    <property name="locale">
        <constraint name="Locale" />
    </property>
</class>
    

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        // src/Acme/UserBundle/Entity/User.php
namespace Acme\UserBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class User
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('locale', new Assert\Locale());
    }
}
    

Options

message

type: string default: This value is not a valid locale

This message is shown if the string is not a valid locale.

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