Question

How do i apply same validation rule for 50 fields in 2.0

i am not interested in repeating rule for different field

public $validate = array(
    'company' => array(
        'notempty' => array(
            'rule' => array('notempty'),
            'message' => 'Cannot be Empty',

        ),
    ),
    // rule for other 50 fields....
);

Answer 1

Possible solution:

$validate_items = array('company', 'other', 'one_more');

$validate_rule = array(
    'notempty' => array(
        'rule' => array('notempty'),
        'message' => 'Cannot be Empty')
    );

$validate = array();

foreach ($validate_items as $validate_item) {
    $validate[$validate_item] = $validate_rule;
}

echo "<pre>".print_r($validate, true)."</pre>";

Don’t understand why you want to determinate same validation 50 times. You can declare just one rule and use it for all your fields.

May be I misunderstood your question?