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theofidry opened this issue Oct 6, 2015 · 7 comments
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[Validators] Assert Length min value does not work on null #16157

theofidry opened this issue Oct 6, 2015 · 7 comments

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@theofidry
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According to the documentation:

Validates that a given string length is between some minimum and maximum value.

If the validated property has a null value or is an empty string, specifying a min value won't generate any violations. Tested on PHP5.6 with Symfony2.7.
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unkind commented Oct 6, 2015

It is important to notice that NULL values and empty strings are considered valid no matter if the constraint required a minimum length. Validators are triggered only if the value is not blank.

Empty strings are weird case though.

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Tobion commented Oct 6, 2015

All validators accept null and empty string. There are already alot of issues about this topic with further information.

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If you specify a constraint "my property must be a string of at least 2 characters", you expect a violation to be raised for a null or empty string no matter how you look at it it's just weird. But if it's considered as the expected behaviour, fine, but put a word on it in the doc. So please the ticket @Tobion.

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My bad, didn't see your message @unkind, where is this message quoted from? Can't find it T.T

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jakzal commented Oct 14, 2015

@theofidry it's a quote from the documentation you referenced: http://symfony.com/doc/current/reference/constraints/Length.html#min

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Indeed I've found it later sorry about that, thanks @jakzal. But I still believe this should put a warning under the head title though.
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jakzal commented Oct 14, 2015

@theofidry agreed. Could you send a PR to symfony/symfony-docs?

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bug #6270 [Validator] Add warning for null and blank values for minim…
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…um string length (theofidry)

This PR was submitted for the 2.3 branch but it was merged into the 2.7 branch instead (closes #6270).

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[Validator] Add warning for null and blank values for minimum string length

| Q | A |
| --- | --- |
| Doc fix? | yes |
| New docs? | no |
| Applies to | 2.3+ |
| Fixed tickets | symfony/symfony#16157 |

Follow up of #5789.

Summary of what has been said: even though the [Length#min](http://symfony.com/doc/current/reference/constraints/Length.html#min) option is well detailed and mention the case of `null` values, the introduction is still confusing:

> Validates that a given string length is between some minimum and maximum value.

As a result, a warning note is being added under this introduction.

I've listed all the Symfony constraints. For some this `null` and `blank` values specificity has already been mentioned. I've noted the ones on which this warning does not apply, but for some I am not sure so it needs to be doubled checked.
- Basic Contraints
  - [x] NotBlank: already done
  - [x] Blank: already done
  - [x] NotNull: already done
  - [x] IsNull: already done
  - ~~[ ] IsTrue~~
  - ~~[ ] IsFalse~~
  - ~~
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[ ] Type~~
- String Constraints¶
  - ~~[ ] Email~~
  - [x] Length
  - ~~[ ] Url~~
  - ~~[ ] Regex~~
  - ~~[ ] Ip~~
  - ~~[ ] Uuid~~
- Number Constraints¶
  - [ ] Range
- Comparison Constraints¶
  - ~~[ ] EqualTo~~
  - ~~[ ] NotEqualTo~~
  - ~~[ ] IdenticalTo~~
  - ~~[ ] NotIdenticalTo~~
  - [ ] LessThan: needed? How `@Assert\LessThan("-18 years")` behaves if the value is null?
  - [ ] LessThanOrEqual: same as `LessThan`
  - [ ] GreaterThan: same as `LessThan`
  - [ ] GreaterThanOrEqual: same as `LessThan`
- Date Constraints¶
  - ~~[ ] Date~~
  - ~~[ ] DateTime~~
  - ~~[ ] Time~~
- Collection Constraints¶
  - ~~[ ] Choice~~
  - ~~[ ] Collection~~
  - ~~[ ] Count~~
  - ~~[ ] UniqueEntity~~
  - ~~[ ] Language~~
  - ~~[ ] Locale~~
  - ~~[ ] Country~~
- File Constraints¶
  - ~~[ ] File~~
  - ~~[ ] Image~~
- Financial and other Number Constraints¶
  - ~~[ ] Bic~~
  - ~~[ ] CardScheme~~
  - ~~[ ] Currency~~
  - ~~[ ] Luhn~~
  - ~~[ ] Iban~~
  - ~~[ ] Isbn~~
  - ~~[ ] Issn~~
- Other Constraints¶
  - ~~[ ] Callback~~
  - ~~[ ] Expression~~
  - ~~[ ] All~~
  - ~~[ ] UserPassword~~
  - ~~[ ] Valid~~

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38d44c2 [Validator] Add warning for null and blank values for minimum string length
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