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How to Define the Validation Groups to Use

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How to Define the Validation Groups to Use¶

Validation Groups¶

If your object takes advantage of validation groups, you'll need to specify which validation group(s) your form should use:

$form = $this->createFormBuilder($user, array(
    'validation_groups' => array('registration'),
))->add(...);

New in version 2.7: The configureOptions() method was introduced in Symfony 2.7. Previously, the method was called setDefaultOptions().

If you're creating form classes (a good practice), then you'll need to add the following to the configureOptions() method:

use Symfony\Component\OptionsResolver\OptionsResolver;

public function configureOptions(OptionsResolver $resolver)
{
    $resolver->setDefaults(array(
        'validation_groups' => array('registration'),
    ));
}

In both of these cases, only the registration validation group will be used to validate the underlying object. To apply the registration group and all constraints that are not in a group, use:

'validation_groups' => array('Default', 'registration')

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