Validates that a value is not blank - meaning not equal to a blank string,
a blank array, false
or null
(null behavior is configurable). To check
that a value is not equal to null
, see the
:doc:`/reference/constraints/NotNull` constraint.
If you wanted to ensure that the firstName
property of an Author
class were not blank, you could do the following:
.. configuration-block:: .. code-block:: php-attributes // src/Entity/Author.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; class Author { #[Assert\NotBlank] protected string $firstName; } .. code-block:: yaml # config/validator/validation.yaml App\Entity\Author: properties: firstName: - NotBlank: ~ .. code-block:: xml <!-- config/validator/validation.xml --> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?> <constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd"> <class name="App\Entity\Author"> <property name="firstName"> <constraint name="NotBlank"/> </property> </class> </constraint-mapping> .. code-block:: php // src/Entity/Author.php namespace App\Entity; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert; use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata; class Author { // ... public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata): void { $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new Assert\NotBlank()); } }
type: boolean
default: false
If set to true
, null
values are considered valid and won't trigger a
constraint violation.
type: string
default: This value should not be blank.
This is the message that will be shown if the value is blank.
You can use the following parameters in this message:
Parameter | Description |
---|---|
{{ value }} |
The current (invalid) value |
{{ label }} |
Corresponding form field label |