update/validate embedded forms before saving in symfony

Question

I would like to validate an embedded form field before it gets saved in the database. Currently it will save an empty value into the database if the form field is empty. I'm allowing empty fields, but I want nothing inserted if the form field is empty.

Also quick question, how to alter field values before validating/saving an embedded form field?

$this->form->getObject works in the action, but $this->embeddedForm->getObject says object not found

stan stan · Accepted Answer · 2011-01-07T00:49:42

I found a really easy solution. The solution is to override your Form's model class save() method manually.

class SomeUserClass extends myUser {

public function save(Doctrine_Connection $conn = null)
    {
        $this->setFirstName(trim($this->getFirstName()));
        if($this->getFirstName())
        {
                return parent::save();
        }else
        {
                return null;
        }
    }

}

In this example, I'm checking if the firstname field is blank. If its not, then save the form. If its empty, then we don't call save on the form.

I haven't been able to get the validators to work properly, and this is an equally clean solution.

update/validate embedded forms before saving in symfony

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