NAME

FormValidator::Simple::Plugin::CustomConstraint - Custom constraint support for FormValidator::Simple

SYNOPSIS

  use FormValidator::Simple qw/CustomConstraint/;

  my $input_params = {
    username => 'someone'
  };

  #limit search to 10 records for example
  my $arg_limit = 'LIMIT 10';

  #run the check
  my $result = FormValidator::Simple->check(
    $input_params => [
      username => [ 'NOT_BLANK', [ 'CUSTOM_CONSTRAINT', \&validate_username, $arg_limit ] ]
    ]
  );

  #define our custom validation rule
  sub validate_username {
    my ( $constraint_value, $other_args ) = @_;
    #check the database to see if username exists for example and use passed in argument ...
    $exists = $dbh->selectrow_arrayref( $sql, {}, $other_args->[0] )->[0];
    return $exists ? 1 : 0;
  }

DESCRIPTION

 This module provides a plugin for FormValidator::Simple that allows for custom constraint definitions
 or custom validation rules to be specified.

EXPORT

None by default.

SEE ALSO

Catalyst::Plugin::FormValidator::Simple, FormValidator::Simple

AUTHOR

Alex Pavlovic, <alex.pavlovic@taskforce-1.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2012 by Alex Pavlovic ( alex.pavlovic@taskforce-1.com )

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.12.4 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.