Sometimes users can send some missing key/value pairs. So in that situation I need to validate optional keys if they exists.
User biography is an optional field. If user leaves it empty I don't want it to be posted.
v::key('biography', v::optional(v::stringType()->length(10, 1000)))
Abode code validates if biography is not null or empty, if posted object does not contain biography key it raise exception, because validator expect biography. I couldn't find the way to check "if the key exists continue validation chain"; I can add not existing keys into the posted data before validation but I believe there is a better way to do this in the library.
I am looking a solution that should like this:
v::key('biography', v::keyExist(v::optional(v::stringType()->length(10, 1000))))
The documentation of Key states:
Third parameter makes the key presence optional:
v::key('lorem', v::stringType(), false)->validate($dict); // true
That said, if "lorem" does not exists, Validation won't apply the StringType validation.
You can use the OneOf validator for your case.
$response = v::key('biography', v::oneOf(
v::stringType()->length(10, 1000),
v::nullType()
))->validate($author);
If you try to validate this value:
$author = [];
or this one:
$author = [
'biography' => 'testtesttest'
];
you'll get true
, otherwise if you try to validate this one:
$author = [
'biography' => 'small'
];
you'll get false
(string length is not between 10 and 1000).