custom validation phalcon without library - php

Question

I'm beginner in PHP and phalcon, I want to use custom validation and creating default value.
My controller is:
use Phalcon\Mvc\Controller;
class OspoController extends Controller
{
public function indexAction()
{
}
public function createAction()
{
$ospo = new Ospos();
// Store and check for errors
$success = $ospo->save(
$this->request->getPost(),
array('isEmailConfirmed', 'email', 'password', 'salt' ,'phoneNum', 'verifiedPhoneStatus', 'languageId', 'firstName', 'lastName', 'address', 'cityId', 'provId', 'countryId', 'postCode')
);
$data = array();
if ($success) {
$data[] = array(
'status' => 'success'
);
echo json_encode($data);
} else {
foreach ($ospo->getMessages() as $message) {
$msg = $message->getMessage();
$data[] = array(
'message' => $msg
);
}
echo json_encode($data);
}
$this->view->disable();
}
I want if isEmailConfirmed is null - I want to create value that isEmailConfirmed = 0;
How to change array value of getPost()?
(can I do this) Should i change the code with
$isEmailConfirmed = $_POST['isEmailConfirmed'];
and
$ospo->save($isEmailConfirmed, $etc, $etc)?
Thank you.

Answer 1

First of all, you can just store POST data in a variable. Then just check for null and assign default value if needed before saving.
$data = $this->request->getPost();
if (!isset($data['isEmailConfirmed']) {
$data['isEmailConfirmed'] = 0;
}
Another way is to save null value, but in that case you should set up DEFAULT for that column in your database table.