cakephp validation and regular expressions
问题 I am working in cakephp1.3. i have to validate my form using cakephp validation in model.i added a regular expression to restrict special characters entry. My code is written below: var $validate = array( 'name' => array( 'unique'=>array( 'rule' => 'isUnique', 'message' => 'Already taken', ), 'pattern'=>array( 'rule' => '/^[a-z]$/i', 'message' => 'Only letters allowed', ), 'empty'=>array( 'rule' => 'notEmpty', 'message' => 'This field cannot be left blank', )) ); rule 'unique' is not working.