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    <p>I have a question regarding default values for model fields, this problem has been driving me crazy for a while.</p> <p>To give you an example, I have a model with a status field that must be validated:</p> <pre><code>$validate = array ( ... 'status' =&gt; array( 'list' =&gt; array( 'rule' =&gt; array('inList', array('0','1')), 'allowEmpty' =&gt; true ) ) ) </code></pre> <p>The data that is inserted in the database is not submitted from a form.</p> <p>If the status field is missing, I want it to default to 1, otherwise it must be validated. </p> <p>Is there a way to do this from the model without using custom validation rules? I know I can set the default value in the MySQL table, but I still want to validate it from the model, in case a different value is submitted.</p> <p><strong>EDIT</strong></p> <p>I looked at the Validation class code and the inList validation is just a stupid wrapper for an in_array check:</p> <p><strong>Cake.Utility.Validation.php</strong></p> <pre><code>public static function inList($check, $list, $strict = true) { return in_array($check, $list, $strict); } </code></pre> <p>What do you know, there is also a third param that is not mentioned in the <a href="http://api21.cakephp.org/class/validation#method-ValidationinList" rel="nofollow"><code>CakePHP Api docs</code></a> ($strict), which defaults to true.</p> <p>From the in_array docs:</p> <blockquote> <p>If the third parameter strict is set to TRUE then the in_array() function will also check the types of the needle in the haystack.</p> </blockquote> <p>It still doesn't solve my problem, but now I know why array('inList', array('0','1')) was not validating empty fields even though allowEmpty was set to true.</p> <p>Thank you.</p>
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