Question

I’ve got a problem with Assert/Callback validation. I used this as a sample for my code, but Symfony just ignores the validation function. This is the relevant part of my entity code

namespace Vendor\Bundle\Entity;

use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping as ORM;
use Gedmo\Mapping\Annotation as Gedmo; // gedmo annotations
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\ExecutionContext;


/**
 * @Assert\Callback(methods={"isValidFirma"})
 * @ORM\Entity(repositoryClass="Vendor\Bundle\Entity\UserProfileRepository")
 * @ORM\Table(name="user_profile")
 */
class UserProfile
{
    /**
     * @ORM\Id
     * @ORM\Column(type="integer")
     * @ORM\GeneratedValue(strategy="AUTO")
     */
    protected $id;

    //...

    public function isValidFirma(ExecutionContext $context){
        $context->addViolationAtSubPath('Firma', 'Company name must be present', array(), null);
        // as of sf 2.3 use addViolationAt() instead [reference: https://github.com/propelorm/PropelBundle/issues/234 ]
    }    

    //...            

}

isValidFirma is never invoked. I tried validation.yml file instead of annotation as well, no success. I cleared the cache about fifty times, after every change, didn’t help either. What could be the problem?

Answer 1

The solution. The problem was in used validator groups. The assert validator has to be a part of that group, or else it wont trigger.
This piece of code in form class file was the culprit:

public function setDefaultOptions(OptionsResolverInterface $resolver)
{
    $vg = array('my-profile');


    $resolver->setDefaults(array(
        'validation_groups' => $vg
    ));
}

changing the line with assert to

* @Assert\Callback(methods={"isValidFirma"}, groups={"my-profile"})

did the trick.