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NotBlank
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NotBlank
Validates that a value is not blank, defined as not equal to a blank string
and also not equal to null
. To force that a value is simply not equal to
null
, see the NotNull constraint.
Applies to | property or method |
Options | |
Class | NotBlank |
Validator | NotBlankValidator |
Basic Usage
If you wanted to ensure that the firstName
property of an Author
class
were not blank, you could do the following:
- YAML
- Annotations
- XML
- PHP
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# src/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author:
properties:
firstName:
- NotBlank: ~
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