form->validate, where?

[Badger (Stephen Lowry)]

public function actionLogin()

{


	$form=new LoginForm;


	// collect user input data


	if(isset($_POST['LoginForm']))


	{


		$form->attributes=$_POST['LoginForm'];


		// validate user input and redirect to previous page if valid


		[b]if($form->validate())[/b]


			$this->redirect(Yii::app()->user->returnUrl);


	}


	// display the login form


	$this->render('login',array('form'=>$form));


}

The above code is taken from the site controller right after setting up a project with yiic webapp. I have highlighted the line: if($form->validate())

This calls a validate function on a LoginForm model. Where is this function? I can’t find it in any of the files.

[pestaa]

Have you checked CModel?

APIs will definitely help you in such cases. I suggest you to familiarize yourself with the current source documentation as it also tells you where certain methods are defined.

[Badger (Stephen Lowry)]

Have you checked CModel?

APIs will definitely help you in such cases. I suggest you to familiarize yourself with the current source documentation as it also tells you where certain methods are defined.

Ah, oops

So… validate() calls

public function rules()

	{

		return array(

			// username and password are required

			array('username, password', 'required'),

			// password needs to be authenticated

			array('password', 'authenticate'),

		);

	}

which is in the LoginForm model. Thanks!