Question

I just can’t figure it out how to set custom validator messages in Zend_Form object. Here is an example code.

$this->addElement('password', 'password', array(
        'label'      => 'Password',
        'decorators' => array('ViewHelper'),
        'filters'    => array('StringTrim'),
        'validators' => array(
            array('Digits', false, array('messages' => array('notDigits' => 'Only digits are allowed here')))
        ),
        'required'   => true

    ));

When I try to validate the form entering invalid data a message saying “notDigits” appear. I tried to change ‘notDigits’ to Zend_Validate_Digits::NOT_DIGITS, but it still doesn’t work as expected.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Answer 1

I found my error. I was recieving the ‘notDigits’ message, because in the controller I used $form->getErrors() method instead of $form->getMessages(). The first one returns only the error codes, without the messages.