Set a single error message for a Email field in Zend

Question

I am facing an small issue regarding the Email Validation in my Zend Form.

My Code for the Email field is as

$emailId = new Zend_Form_Element_Text('email');
$emailId->setLabel("Email Adresse")
         ->addFilter('StripTags')
         ->addFilter('StringTrim')
         ->addValidator(new Validator_EmailValidator())
         ->addValidator('NotEmpty')
         ->addValidator(
                        'NotEmpty',
                        TRUE,
                        array('messages' => array(
                              'isEmpty' => 'Please enter your email id.'
                              )
                           )
                        );

Currently it is showing the Email Error Messages as : enter image description here

What I want is to set a single error message in the place of all these errors and that is as :

"'abcd@shdsjah' is not a valid Email Id."

Since I am new to the Zend Framework, I don't have much idea about it, although I tried some code but they are useless.

Please help.....

Thanks In Advance....

score 4 · Accepted Answer · edited Oct 23 '13 at 17:36

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When I was new to zend-framework, I faced this problem and got solution by using setErrors() method as:

//this will immediately call the method markAsError() which will show the error always
$emailId->setErrors(array('Please enter a valid Email Id.'));

You can also try :

//this will clearErrorMessages() and after that set the error messages 
$emailId->setErrorMessages(array("Please enter a valid Email Id."));

Write this code after your code.

I hope it will be helpful to you......

edited Oct 23 '13 at 17:36

Daniel

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answered Sep 01 '11 at 13:57

Pushpendra

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This is good, but what if you have multiple validators, each with a custom message? Adding this one message would override all the other error messages from the other validators. – The Unknown Dev Dec 16 '14 at 23:01

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 01 '11 at 19:40

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Pass true as second argument of addValidator (breakChainOnFailure). The validation will stop at the first failure and you will have only have one error message.

answered Sep 01 '11 at 19:40

Maxence

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 01 '11 at 11:59

I see that you are passing your own Custom Validator.

->addValidator(new Validator_EmailValidator())

You don't need to do that. Just use :

 $validator =  new Zend_Validate_EmailAddress()

Then just set that validator on the form item, and then set the messages against that validator.

So

 $emailId->setValidator( $validator );

Now just set the Messages against the Validator, using the setMessages method.

These are all of the potential messages that you can change:

    const INVALID            = 'emailAddressInvalid';
    const INVALID_FORMAT     = 'emailAddressInvalidFormat';
    const INVALID_HOSTNAME   = 'emailAddressInvalidHostname';
    const INVALID_MX_RECORD  = 'emailAddressInvalidMxRecord';
    const INVALID_SEGMENT    = 'emailAddressInvalidSegment';
    const DOT_ATOM           = 'emailAddressDotAtom';
    const QUOTED_STRING      = 'emailAddressQuotedString';
    const INVALID_LOCAL_PART = 'emailAddressInvalidLocalPart';
    const LENGTH_EXCEEDED    = 'emailAddressLengthExceeded';

Message Defaults

protected $_messageTemplates = array(
        self::INVALID            => "Invalid type given. String expected",
        self::INVALID_FORMAT     => "'%value%' is no valid email address in the basic format local-part@hostname",
        self::INVALID_HOSTNAME   => "'%hostname%' is no valid hostname for email address '%value%'",
        self::INVALID_MX_RECORD  => "'%hostname%' does not appear to have a valid MX record for the email address '%value%'",
        self::INVALID_SEGMENT    => "'%hostname%' is not in a routable network segment. The email address '%value%' should not be resolved from public network",
        self::DOT_ATOM           => "'%localPart%' can not be matched against dot-atom format",
        self::QUOTED_STRING      => "'%localPart%' can not be matched against quoted-string format",
        self::INVALID_LOCAL_PART => "'%localPart%' is no valid local part for email address '%value%'",
        self::LENGTH_EXCEEDED    => "'%value%' exceeds the allowed length",
    );

Now just change the messages to whatever you want. You will need to update every message.

 $validator->setMessages(array(
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::INVALID            => "Invalid type given, value should be a string",
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::INVALID_FORMAT     => "'%value%' is no valid email address in the basic format local-part@hostname",
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::INVALID_HOSTNAME   => "'%hostname%' is no valid hostname for email address '%value%'",
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::INVALID_MX_RECORD  => "'%hostname%' does not appear to have a valid MX record for the email address '%value%'",
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::INVALID_SEGMENT    => "'%hostname%' is not in a routable network segment. The email address '%value%' should not be resolved from public network.",
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::DOT_ATOM           => "'%localPart%' can not be matched against dot-atom format",
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::QUOTED_STRING      => "'%localPart%' can not be matched against quoted-string format",
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::INVALID_LOCAL_PART => "'%localPart%' is no valid local part for email address '%value%'",
    Zend_Validate_EmailAddress::LENGTH_EXCEEDED    => "'%value%' exceeds the allowed length",
  ));

I tried that already but the messages like second and third shown in the image above are still coming....? — Vinay, Sep 01 '11 at 13:26

Set a single error message for a Email field in Zend

My Code for the Email field is as

3 Answers3

Message Defaults