Url

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Basic Usage
Options
- message
- protocols

Url

Validates that a value is a valid URL string.

Applies to	property or method
Options	message protocols
Class	Url
Validator	UrlValidator

Basic Usage

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

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Author
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Url()
     */
     protected $bioUrl;
}
    

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        # src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Author:
    properties:
        bioUrl:
            - Url: ~
    

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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\Author">
        <property name="bioUrl">
            <constraint name="Url" />
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
    

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

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

class Author
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('bioUrl', new Assert\Url());
    }
}
    

Options

message

type: string default: This value is not a valid URL.

This message is shown if the URL is invalid.

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

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Author
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Url(
     *    message = "The url '{{ value }}' is not a valid url",
     * )
     */
     protected $bioUrl;
}
    

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        # src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Author:
    properties:
        bioUrl:
            - Url:
                message: The url "{{ value }}" is not a valid url.
    

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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\Author">
        <property name="bioUrl">
            <constraint name="Url">
                <option name="message">The url "{{ value }}" is not a valid url.</option>
            </constraint>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
    

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

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

class Author
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('bioUrl', new Assert\Url(array(
            'message' => 'The url "{{ value }}" is not a valid url.',
        )));
    }
}
    

protocols

type: array default: array('http', 'https')

The protocols considered to be valid for the URL. For example, if you also consider the ftp:// type URLs to be valid, redefine the protocols array, listing http, https, and also ftp.

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

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Author
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Url(
     *    protocols = {"http", "https", "ftp"}
     * )
     */
     protected $bioUrl;
}
    

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        # src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\Author:
    properties:
        bioUrl:
            - Url: { protocols: [http, https, ftp] }
    

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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\Author">
        <property name="bioUrl">
            <constraint name="Url">
                <option name="protocols">
                    <value>http</value>
                    <value>https</value>
                    <value>ftp</value>
                </option>
            </constraint>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
    

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

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

class Author
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('bioUrl', new Assert\Url(array(
            'protocols' => array('http', 'https', 'ftp'),
        )));
    }
}
    

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