Symfony2 Override Constraints

Question

I have BaseEntity class:

class BaseEntity
{
    /**
     * The name.
     *
     * @var string
     *
     * @ORM\Column(name="name", type="string", length=255, unique=true, nullable=false)
     * @Assert\Length(min=2, max=255, minMessage="default.name.short", maxMessage="default.name.long")
     * @Assert\NotBlank(message = "default.name.not_blank")
     */
    private $name;
}

and

class UserEntity extends BaseEntity
{
    /**
     * {@inheritDoc}
     *
     * @Assert\Length(min=2, max=255, minMessage="user.name.short", maxMessage="default.name.long")
     * @Assert\NotBlank(message = "user.name.not_blank")
     */
    private $name;
}

Now, When I post a new UserEntity into the form with long or short name Symfony gives me 2 errors: (for long:)

default.name.long
user.name.long

But I want it to show only ONE error, so : - user.name.long

e.g. I want to override, but do not add another one

As I know you cann't override validation defined for parent class. The best workaround is to add validation group to your validatiors with which you will be entity validated. — Przemysław Piechota. kibao, Jun 20 '13 at 18:45

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 11 '18 at 22:00

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I think what you are looking for a validator group. So you can split up you validation rules into groups.

There is a excellent documentation about this feature:

http://symfony.com/doc/current/validation/groups.html

answered Jan 11 '18 at 22:00

Markus

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 08 '13 at 05:13

Maybe a Custom Validation Constraint could help you if you could (depending of your application logic) remove those two validations and make your own.

Something like this maybe?

http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/validation/custom_constraint.html

score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:34

If you're happy to set up at least some of your validation rules via a YAML file rather than annotations, you can override the base class's validation settings without needing to edit the class file itself.

Your YAML file would look something like this and would need to be in a location like src/YourApp/YourBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml to be picked up automatically:

BaseEntity:
    properties:
        name:
            - NotBlank:
                message: user.name.not_blank
            - Length:
                min: 2
                minMessage: user.name.short
                max: 255
                maxMessage: default.name.long

If you want to put your validation file in a non-standard location, see https://stackoverflow.com/a/24210501/328817

Symfony2 Override Constraints

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