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Count

Validates that a given collection’s (i.e. an array or an object that implements Countable) element count is between some minimum and maximum value.

Applies to property or method
Options
Class Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Count
Validator Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\CountValidator

Basic Usage

To verify that the emails array field contains between 1 and 5 elements you might add the following:

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    // src/AppBundle/Entity/Participant.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Participant
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Count(
     *      min = "1",
     *      max = "5",
     *      minMessage = "You must specify at least one email",
     *      maxMessage = "You cannot specify more than {{ limit }} emails"
     * )
     */
     protected $emails = array();
}
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    # src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Participant:
    properties:
        emails:
            - Count:
                min: 1
                max: 5
                minMessage: 'You must specify at least one email'
                maxMessage: 'You cannot specify more than {{ limit }} emails'
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    <!-- src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml -->
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
<constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
    xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

    <class name="AppBundle\Entity\Participant">
        <property name="emails">
            <constraint name="Count">
                <option name="min">1</option>
                <option name="max">5</option>
                <option name="minMessage">You must specify at least one email</option>
                <option name="maxMessage">You cannot specify more than {{ limit }} emails</option>
            </constraint>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
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    // src/AppBundle/Entity/Participant.php
namespace AppBundle\Entity;

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

class Participant
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('emails', new Assert\Count(array(
            'min'        => 1,
            'max'        => 5,
            'minMessage' => 'You must specify at least one email',
            'maxMessage' => 'You cannot specify more than {{ limit }} emails',
        )));
    }
}

Options

min

type: integer

This required option is the “min” count value. Validation will fail if the given collection elements count is less than this min value.

max

type: integer

This required option is the “max” count value. Validation will fail if the given collection elements count is greater than this max value.

minMessage

type: string default: This collection should contain {{ limit }} elements or more.

The message that will be shown if the underlying collection elements count is less than the min option.

maxMessage

type: string default: This collection should contain {{ limit }} elements or less.

The message that will be shown if the underlying collection elements count is more than the max option.

exactMessage

type: string default: This collection should contain exactly {{ limit }} elements.

The message that will be shown if min and max values are equal and the underlying collection elements count is not exactly this value.

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