[Catalyst] Question about Catalyst::Controller::FormBuilder

Matt S Trout dbix-class at trout.me.uk
Mon May 14 00:49:49 GMT 2007


On Sun, May 13, 2007 at 10:43:31AM -0700, Balaji Srinivasan wrote:
> Rather than the two approaches above, I think a better one was to add a new
> validation type to the FormBuilder VALIDATE array.
> $CGI::FormBuilder::Field::VALIDATE{FOOFIELD} = '/^[^,"]{6,40}$/';
> 
> Now in all my forms, i just set the validate field to FOOFIELD.
> This works great for me. It avoide me having to write my own validation code
> and also avoids the need to add the regex to each form.

If this is a personal project and you'll always be the only developer, fine.

If this is commercial work I consider it a terrible idea, but I hold my
commercial work to high standards.

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