A validation to check that a confirmation attribute for an

attribute exists and has the same value as the main attribute. The confirmation attribute must have the format attribute_name_confirmation. For example an email and an email_confirmation attribute, or a password and a password_confirmation attribute.

Located in /activerecord/lib/ActiveRecord/Validation.php (line 87)

ActiveRecord_Validation
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   --ActiveRecord_ConfirmationValidation

mixed $attrNames (line 91)

List of attribute names to validate

• access: protected

mixed $msg (line 95)

Error message to use

• access: protected

Inherited Variables

Inherited from ActiveRecord_Validation

ActiveRecord_Validation::$condition
ActiveRecord_Validation::$type

Constructor __construct (line 105)

Constructor

• access: public

ActiveRecord_ConfirmationValidation __construct (array $attrNames, [string $msg = false], [int $type = ActiveRecord_Validation::ON_SAVE], [string $condition = false])

• array $attrNames: An array of attribute names to validate
• string $msg: Error message to use
• int $type: The validation type (ON_SAVE, ON_CREATE, or ON_UPDATE)
• string $condition: Optional method to call for determining whether to run the validation or not

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Redefinition of:

ActiveRecord_Validation::__construct()

Constructor

validate (line 119)

Validate the object provided. If the object is invalid, it is the responsibility of this method to add any errors appropriate to the object's error collection.

• access: public

void validate (ActiveRecord_Base $obj)

• ActiveRecord_Base $obj: The object to validate

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Redefinition of:

ActiveRecord_Validation::validate()

Validate the object provided. If the object is invalid, it is the responsibility of this method to add any errors appropriate to the object's error collection.

Inherited Methods

Inherited From ActiveRecord_Validation

ActiveRecord_Validation::__construct()
ActiveRecord_Validation::should_validate()
ActiveRecord_Validation::validate()

Inherited Constants

Inherited from ActiveRecord_Validation

ActiveRecord_Validation::ON_CREATE
ActiveRecord_Validation::ON_SAVE
ActiveRecord_Validation::ON_UPDATE