Question

I have the following problem:
I need to validate data in a controller, which is passed by a form. The special thing: The fields from the form are not present in the database, BUT in the $validate-Array. – Which should afaik not be a problem.
Another thing is, that the Model has a hasMany-Relationship with parts of this form.

Text hasMany Proofs

This is the validation-array:

var $validate = array(  
   'freetext' => array(  
      'between' => array(  
          'rule' => array('between', 250, 1000),  
          'message' => '..',  
      ),  
   ),  
);  

Here is an example of the data passed to the controller

[Proof] => Array
    (
        [0] => Array
            (
                [freetext] => asd
            )
        [1] => Array
            (
                [freetext] => asd
            )
        [2] => Array
            (
                [freetext] => asd
            )
    )

I use the following code to validate:

$this->Texts->set($this->data);   
if ($this->Texts->validates()) {  

When I call it, it returns true, so the validation succeed. BUT freetext has a bit less than 250 chars.

But: The form shows the red asterisks, which symbolizes me, that the validation-array is succesfully parsed an applied to the form.
And also in the corresponding controller beforeValidate() { debug($this->data); } shows me the correct data.

So WHY does data validation succeed, even when the policies are not me?

Thanks ahead!
~MxAgent

Answer 1

Updated to cakePHP 2.0 and used validateMany() for validation. Now it works 😉