issue in cakephp data validation on model - php

Question

I am working on cakephp v2.3. While I am validation data by $this->User->validates it will always return false even if values are there.
Here is my validation rule
public $validate = array(
'first_name' => array(
'notEmpty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
'last' => true,
'required' => true,
),
'size' => array(
'rule' => array('maxLength', 50),
'message' => 'This field must be no larger than 50 characters long.'
),
),
'last_name' => array(
'notEmpty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
'last' => true,
'required' => true,
),
'size' => array(
'rule' => array('maxLength', 50),
'message' => 'This field must be no larger than 50 characters long.',
'allowEmpty' => true,
),
),
'email' => array(
'notEmpty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
'last' => true,
'required' => true,
),
'checkMail' => array(
'rule' => 'checkMail',
'message' => 'Please provide a valid email address.',
'last' => true,
),
'isUnique' => array(
'rule' => 'isUnique',
'message' => 'Email address already in use.',
'last' => true,
),
),
'password' => array(
'rule1' => array(
'rule' => array('minLength', 6),
'message' => 'Passwords must be at least 6 characters long.',
'required' => true,
),
),
'verify_password' => array(
'rule' => 'validIdentical',
),
'current_pass' => array(
'notEmpty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
'last' => true,
),
'match' => array(
'rule' => 'validICurrent',
)
),
'gender' => array(
'notEmpty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
'last' => true,
),
),
'mobile' => array(
'notEmpty' => array(
'rule' => 'notEmpty',
'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
'last' => true,
'required' => true,
),
'numeric' => array(
'rule' => 'numeric',
'message' => 'Please enter valid phone numbers.',
)
),
'image' => array(
'SizeLimit' => array(
'rule' => array('isUnderPhpSizeLimit', false),
'message' => 'File exceeds upload filesize limit',
),
'FormSizeLimit' => array(
'rule' => array('isUnderFormSizeLimit', false),
'allowEmpty' => true,
'message' => 'File exceeds form upload filesize limit'
),
'CompletedUpload' => array(
'rule' => array('isCompletedUpload', false),
'message' => 'File was not successfully uploaded'
),
'ValidExtension' => array(
'allowEmpty' => true,
'rule' => array('isValidExtension', array('gif', 'png', 'jpg', 'jpeg'), false),
'message' => 'File does not have a gif, png, ,jpg and jpeg extension'
)
),
);
and this is how I am validating
if ($this->request->is("post")) {
if (!empty($this->request->data)) {
if (!$this->User->validates($this->request->data)) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('The Information could not be saved. Please, try again.'), 'message', array('class' => 'danger'));
$this->redirect(Router::url('/', true) . 'sign-up/');
}
}
When I try
die(debug($this->User->invalidFields()));
it will return
array(
'password' => '*****',
'last_name' => array(
(int) 0 => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
(int) 1 => 'This field cannot be left blank.'
),
'email' => array(
(int) 0 => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
(int) 1 => 'This field cannot be left blank.'
),
'mobile' => array(
(int) 0 => 'This field cannot be left blank.',
(int) 1 => 'This field cannot be left blank.'
)
)
This is the data I am passing
Array
(
[User] => Array
(
[role_id] => 2
[first_name] => kapil
[last_name] => sharma
[email] => kapiltest#mailinator.com
[password] => abc#123
[verify_password] => abc#123
[mobile] => 1234567890
[gender] => Male
[image] => Array
(
[name] => Screenshot_61.png
[type] => image/png
[tmp_name] => /tmp/phppYBJQF
[error] => 0
[size] => 50611
)
)
)

Answer 1

Your Validations seems fine to me But if we don't set the data in model some time that will cause this kind of issue.
Add below line before validating.
$this->User->set($this->request->data);
So code should look like
$this->User->set($this->request->data); //set data in model
if (!$this->User->validates()) {
$this->Session->setFlash(__('The Information could not be saved. Please, try again.'), 'message', array('class' => 'danger'));
$this->redirect(Router::url('/', true) . 'sign-up/');
}