Symfony custom Constrait Validate for entity - php

Question

I use symfony 2.8 and I have some entity and I need validate this entity by some condition
I create constrait ContainsInvValidator and call validate service in action and validate entity but when debugged I did not entered in ContainsInvValidator how to correct use custom validate ?
this is my ContainsInvValidator
namespace AppBundle\Validator\Constraints;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintValidator;
class ContainsInvValidator extends ConstraintValidator
{
public function validate($entity, Constraint $constraint)
{
if (!$entity->getInvoiceNumber()) {
$this->context->buildViolation($constraint->message)
->atPath('foo')
->addViolation();
}
if (!$entity->getReference()) {
$this->context->buildViolation($constraint->message)
->atPath('foo')
->addViolation();
}
if (!$entity->getInvoiceDate()) {
$this->context->buildViolation($constraint->message)
->atPath('foo')
->addViolation();
}
}
}
and ContainsInv:
namespace AppBundle\Validator\Constraints;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraint;
/**
* #Annotation
*/
class ContainsInv extends Constraint
{
public $message = 'The string "{{ string }}" no valid.';
}
add config:
services:
app.contains_test_check_validator:
class: AppBundle\Validator\Constraints\ContainsInv
tags:
- { name: validator.constraint_validator }
and my entity class for which I create custom validator
/**
* InboundInvoice
* #ContainsInv(groups={"test_check"})
*/
class InboundInvoice
{
and then in my action
public function handleInvoiceStatusAction(Request $request, InboundInvoice $invoice)
{
$resultHandling = $invoice->changedStatus();
$errors = $this->get('validator')->validate($invoice, [], ['test_check']);
and in variables errors I have
‌Symfony\Component\Validator\ConstraintViolationList::__set_state(array(
'violations' =>
array (
),
))

Answer 1

Your approach is valid for a property of a class. However if you want to validate the whole class (and not a single property), you have to overwrite the getTargets method in your ContainsInv Constraint class.
public function getTargets()
{
return self::CLASS_CONSTRAINT;
}
See also Class Constraint Validator.