Validateonchange / Adderror

Yii 1.1 General Discussion
1

I have a virtual attribute ‘date_of_birth’.

In my model I have a afterValidate function:


public function afterValidate()

{

	if(empty($this->dob_day) || empty($this->dob_month) || empty($this->dob_year))

	{

		$this->addError('date_of_birth', 'date of birth is incomplete');

	}

	

	return parent::afterValidate();

}

Form Field:




<div class="row">

	<!-- dropdowns for DD, MM, YY -->

	

	<?php echo $form->hiddenField($model, 'date_of_birth'); // render hidden field for ajax validation ?>

	<?php echo $form->error($step1, 'dob_day'); ?>

	<?php echo $form->error($step1, 'dob_month'); ?>

	<?php echo $form->error($step1, 'dob_year'); ?>

	<?php echo $form->error($model, 'date_of_birth'); ?>

</div>

This should add an error to the ‘date_of_birth’ attribute but this only happens with ‘validateOnSubmit’ and not with ‘validateOnChange’. I checked the console JSON response and it is identical for both methods.

I have set up the ‘dob_day, dob_month, dob_year’ fields as ‘safe’ in the model validation rules.

Is this a bug or have I missed something out?

2

Looks like a potential bug to me. I tried it with a more simple set of inputs.

It looks like ‘validateOnChange’ only shows/hides error on the attribute that has just lost focus.