UUID

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Validates that a value is a valid Universally unique identifier (UUID) per RFC 4122. By default, this will validate the format according to the RFC's guidelines, but this can be relaxed to accept non-standard UUIDs that other systems (like PostgreSQL) accept. UUID versions can also be restricted using a whitelist.

Applies to	property or method
Options	groups message strict versions payload
Class	Uuid
Validator	UuidValidator

Basic Usage

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

use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

class File
{
    /**
     * @Assert\Uuid
     */
    protected $identifier;
}
    

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        # src/AppBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
AppBundle\Entity\File:
    properties:
        identifier:
            - Uuid: ~
    

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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 https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

    <class name="AppBundle\Entity\File">
        <property name="identifier">
            <constraint name="Uuid"/>
        </property>
    </class>
</constraint-mapping>
    

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

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

class File
{
    public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
    {
        $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('identifier', new Assert\Uuid());
    }
}
    

Note

As with most of the other constraints, null and empty strings are considered valid values. This is to allow them to be optional values. If the value is mandatory, a common solution is to combine this constraint with NotBlank.

Options

`groups`

type: array | string

It defines the validation group or groups this constraint belongs to. Read more about validation groups.

`message`

type: string default: This is not a valid UUID.

This message is shown if the string is not a valid UUID.

You can use the following parameters in this message:

Parameter	Description
`{{ value }}`	The current (invalid) value

`strict`

type: boolean default: true

If this option is set to true the constraint will check if the UUID is formatted per the RFC's input format rules: 216fff40-98d9-11e3-a5e2-0800200c9a66. Setting this to false will allow alternate input formats like:

216f-ff40-98d9-11e3-a5e2-0800-200c-9a66
{216fff40-98d9-11e3-a5e2-0800200c9a66}
216fff4098d911e3a5e20800200c9a66

`versions`

type: int[] default: [1,2,3,4,5]

This option can be used to only allow specific UUID versions. Valid versions are 1 - 5. The following PHP constants can also be used:

Uuid::V1_MAC
Uuid::V2_DCE
Uuid::V3_MD5
Uuid::V4_RANDOM
Uuid::V5_SHA1

All five versions are allowed by default.

`payload`

type: mixed default: null

This option can be used to attach arbitrary domain-specific data to a constraint. The configured payload is not used by the Validator component, but its processing is completely up to you.

For example, you may want to use several error levels to present failed constraints differently in the front-end depending on the severity of the error.

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

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