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