Question

In symfony. . . my form looks like this

<?php

class ChangeMyPasswordForm extends sfForm {

    const PASSWORD_REQUIRED_MSG = "We could not update your password. Your password can not be blank. Please enter at least one character for a password.";

    protected static $labels = array(
            'password' => 'Your Password',
        'confirm'  => 'Re-enter Password',
    );

    public function configure()
    {   
        $this->setWidgets(array(
           'password'  => new sfWidgetFormInputPassword(array()),
             'confirm' => new sfWidgetFormInputPassword(array()),
        ));

        $this->setValidators(array(
            'password' => new sfValidatorPass(),
             'confirm' => new sfValidatorPass(),
        ));

        $this->validatorSchema->setOption('allow_extra_fields', true); 

        $this->mergePostValidator(
            new sfValidatorSchemaCompare('password', sfValidatorSchemaCompare::IDENTICAL, 
                'confirm', array(), array(
                    'invalid'=>'Passwords do not match. Please try again.'
                )
            )
        );

        $this->mergePostValidator(new sfValidatorString());
        $this->widgetSchema->setLabels(self::$labels);
    }
}

in my controller

public function executeMyAccountPassword(sfRequest $request) {
      $this->form = new ChangeMyPasswordForm();
      $this->validated=$request->getParameter('validated');

      $this->form->bind(array(
              'password' => $request->getParameter('password'),
              'confirm'  => $request->getParameter('confirm'),
      ));

      if ($request->isMethod('post')) {

          if ($this->form->isValid()) {
              $this->validated = true;

              // get player object
              $player = $this->getUser()->getProfile();
              $player->setPassword($request->getParameter('password'));
          }
      }

I’m trying to add a validator so the password field cannot be blank. I tried modifying

$this->setValidators(array('password'=>new sfValidatorString('required'=>'Please enter a password')));

But all then the form threw an error even when data was not posted. can anyone show me a proper example of how to validate two matched password fields and ensure that fields are not left blank (after form submission). Thanks !!

Answer 1

You have a second error. Move the binding a few lines down, under the if. Meaning you should do the binding with the posted values

if ($request->isMethod('post')) 
{
  $this->form->bind(array(
    'password' => $request->getParameter('password'),
    'confirm'  => $request->getParameter('confirm'),
  ));

  ... etc...
}