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NotIdenticalTo

2.3

The NotIdenticalTo constraint was introduced in Symfony 2.3.

Validates that a value is not identical to another value, defined in the options. To force that a value is identical, see IdenticalTo.

Caution

This constraint compares using !==, so 3 and "3" are considered not equal. Use NotEqualTo to compare with !=.

Applies to	property or method
Options	value message
Class	NotIdenticalTo
Validator	NotIdenticalToValidator

Basic Usage

If you want to ensure that the age of a Person class is not equal to 15 and not an integer, you could do the following:

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        # src/Acme/SocialBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
Acme\SocialBundle\Entity\Person:
    properties:
        age:
            - NotIdenticalTo:
                value: 15
    

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        // src/Acme/SocialBundle/Entity/Person.php
namespace Acme\SocialBundle\Entity;

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class Person
{
    /**
     * @Assert\NotIdenticalTo(
     *     value = 15
     * )
     */
    protected $age;
}
    

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        <!-- src/Acme/SocialBundle/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="Acme\SocialBundle\Entity\Person">
        <property name="age">
            <constraint name="NotIdenticalTo">
                <option name="value">15</option>
            </constraint>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
    

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        // src/Acme/SocialBundle/Entity/Person.php
namespace Acme\SocialBundle\Entity;

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

class Person
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('age', new Assert\NotIdenticalTo(array(
            'value' => 15,
        )));
    }
}
    

Options

value

type: mixed [default option]

This option is required. It defines the value to compare to. It can be a string, number or object.

message

type: string default: This value should not be identical to {{ compared_value_type }} {{ compared_value }}.

This is the message that will be shown if the value is not equal.

This work, including the code samples, is licensed under a Creative Commons BY-SA 3.0 license.

NotIdenticalTo

NotIdenticalTo

Basic Usage

Options

value

message

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