Yii form model validation- either one is required

Question

I have two fields on the form ( forgotpassword form ) username and email Id . User should enter one of them . I mean to retrieve the password user can enter user name or th

Answer 1

Yii 1

It can be optimized of course but may help someone

class OneOfThemRequiredValidator extends \CValidator
{
    public function validateAttribute($object, $attribute)
    {
        $all_empty = true;
        foreach($this->attributes as $_attribute) {
            if (!$this->isEmpty($object->{$_attribute})) {
                $all_empty = false;
                break;
            }
        }

        if ($all_empty) {
            $message = "Either of the following attributes are required: ";
            $attributes_labels = array_map(function($a) use ($object) {
                    return $object->getAttributeLabel($a);
                }, $this->attributes);
            $this->addError($object, $_attribute, $message . implode(',', 
            $attributes_labels));
        }
    }
}