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Language

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Language¶

Validates that a value is a valid language code.

Applies to	property or method
Options	message
Class	`Language`
Validator	`LanguageValidator`

Basic Usage¶

YAML

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

Annotations

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

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class User
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Language
     */
     protected $preferredLanguage;
}

XML

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

PHP

// 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('preferredLanguage', new Assert\Language());
    }
}

Options¶

message¶

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

This message is shown if the string is not a valid language code.

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