Comments on: Parameter for Model::validates() is now deprecated

By: Using validates() in cakePHP 1.2

Using validates() in cakePHP 1.2 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 20:47:39 +0000

[...] The only problem was… it didn’t work! It took me some time until I figured out that the Parameter usage of validated() is deprecated: Thanks to cakebaker for his blog entry! [...]

By: The Model::validates() trap - cakebaker

The Model::validates() trap - cakebaker — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 09:56:32 +0000

[...] on the validation rules). For a while the parameter of Model::validates() was deprecated (see Parameter for Model::validates() is now deprecated) and caused a warning if you used it. In the meantime the parameter is back with a new [...]

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 15:49:07 +0000

@Tim: I don’t know what the use case is for those methods. I don’t use them. validateErrors() may be useful if you want to validate multiple models.

By: Tim Daldini

Tim Daldini — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:53:55 +0000

I also noticed these methods: controller->validateErrors and controller->validate. As I never needed them I was wondering if they can be useful in some circumstances anyway…?

By: ryan

ryan — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:19:44 +0000

off topic:

IBM’s Cake Series Part 4 is up:
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/edu/os-dw-os-php-cake4.html

By: cakebaker

cakebaker — Sun, 07 Jan 2007 12:48:31 +0000

@nate: Thanks for the tip, your solution is more elegant.

By: nate

nate — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 15:26:41 +0000

The change was made because it conflicts with handling validation in the callbacks. If you want to validate data without saving it, the easiest way to go about it is this:

if ($this->User->create($this->data) && $this->User->validates()) {
    // Oh happy day
}

By: KesheR

KesheR — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 11:07:28 +0000

The world is changing: I feel it in the water, I feel it in the earth, and I smell it in the air.