Question

Is it possible to add a domain string to validation messages in CakePHP models? I have all my messages localized with __d():

echo __d('my_app_name', 'This is a regular message');

But validation messages in a model are plain strings or sprintf arguments:

'my_field' => array(
  'my_rule' => array(
    'rule' => 'alphanumeric',
    'message' => 'Only letters and numbers allowed',
  )
)

'another_field' => array(
  'another_rule' => array(
    'rule' => 'alphanumeric',
    'message' => ('Only %s and %s allowed', 'letters', 'numbers'),
  )
)

Thanks!!!

Answer 1

Assuming you’re using CakePHP 2.x:

Cake’s Model class has a Property validationDomain, you might just add

public $validationDomain = "yourdomain";

to your model to get what you want.

Info from API:

ValidationDomain (string)

Name of the validation string domain to use when translating validation errors.

See http://api20.cakephp.org/class/model