Locale.rst

Locale

Validates that a value is a valid locale.

The "value" for each locale is either the two letter ISO639-1 language code (e.g. fr), or the language code followed by an underscore (_), then the ISO3166 country code (e.g. fr_FR for French/France).

Applies to	:ref:`property or method<validation-property-target>`
Options	message
Class	:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\Locale`
Validator	:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\LocaleValidator`

Basic Usage

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: yaml

        # src/UserBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
        Acme\UserBundle\Entity\User:
            properties:
                locale:
                    - Locale:

    .. code-block:: php-annotations

        // src/Acme/UserBundle/Entity/User.php
        namespace Acme\UserBundle\Entity;

        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

        class User
        {
            /**
             * @Assert\Locale
             */
             protected $locale;
        }

    .. code-block:: xml

        <!-- src/Acme/UserBundle/Resources/config/validation.xml -->
        <class name="Acme\UserBundle\Entity\User">
            <property name="locale">
                <constraint name="Locale" />
            </property>
        </class>

    .. code-block:: php

        // src/Acme/UserBundle/Entity/User.php
        namespace Acme\UserBundle\Entity;

        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

        class User
        {
            public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
            {
                $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('locale', new Assert\Locale());
            }
        }

Options

message

type: string default: This value is not a valid locale

This message is shown if the string is not a valid locale.