Just add a dummy rule; if the 'allowEmpty' fails then the rule won't
be checked anyway:
array(
'empty' => array('allowEmpty' => false, 'rule' => '/.*/', ...),
'format' => ...
),
On Jun 30, 10:27 am, marikka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I want to be able to validate my model so that first I get an error if
> a field is empty, and only then, if the field is invalid in another
> way.
>
> For example,this doesn't work, because my 'rule' for 'empty' is not
> set.
>
> var $validate = array(
> 'myField' => array(
> 'empty' => array('allowEmpty' => false, 'message' =>
> 'field_empty',
> 'last' => true),
> 'format' => array('rule' => VALID_FORMAT, 'message' =>
> 'invalid_format')
> )
> );
>
> I could use the allowEmpty property with the latter format rule, but
> then I would only get one error message. The validator has the rule
> 'blank', but I really want the inverse: notBlank. Should I write my
> own validator function for something this trivial or is there a better
> way?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> -M
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