validators:NAME fields.ini directive

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Synopsis

In the fields.ini file you can specify validation rules to be applied to any field by adding the validators:NAME directive in that field's section of the fields.ini file.

Available Validators

Name	Description	Value	Version
required	Field is required	1	All
maxlength	Maximum number of characters allowed.	$length	All
minlength	Minimum number of characters allowed.	$length	All
rangelength	Range (min and max) characters allows	$min,$max	All
email	Input must be syntactically correct email address.	1	All
emailorblank	Accepts an email address or a blank field.	1	All
regex	Input must match the provided regular expression.	A regular expression	All
lettersonly	Input must contain only letters (i.e. [a-zA-Z]	1	All
numeric	The input must contain a valid positive or negative integer or decimal number.	1	All
nopunctuation	The input must not contain any of these characters: ( ) . / * ^ ? # ! @ $ % + = , " ' > < ~ [ ] { }.	1	All
nonzero	The input must not begin with zero.	1	All
uploadedfile	The element must contain a successfully uploaded file.	1	All
maxfilesize	The uploaded file must be no more than $size bytes.	$size	All
filename	The uploaded file must have a filename that matches the regular expression $file_rx.	$file_rx	All

Examples

To make a the first_name field required we add the following to the fields.ini file:

[first_name]
    validators:required=1

Note that fields that are declared NOT NULL in the database are required by default.. If you wanted to remove the required validator from a field that is NOT NULL in the database you would add the following to the fields.ini file:

[first_name]
    validators:required=0

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validators:NAME fields.ini directive

Synopsis

Available Validators

Examples

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