NotBlank

Validates that a value is not blank, defined as not equal to a blank string and also not equal to null. To force that a value is simply not equal to null, see the NotNull constraint.

Applies to	property or method
Options	message
Class	Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\NotBlank
Validator	Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\NotBlankValidator

Basic Usage

If you wanted to ensure that the firstName property of an Author class were not blank, you could do the following:

• YAML

  properties:
      firstName:
          - NotBlank: ~
  

• Annotations

  // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
  use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
  
  class Author
  {
      /**
       * @Assert\NotBlank()
       */
      protected $firstName;
  }
  

Options

message

type: string default: This value should not be blank

This is the message that will be shown if the value is blank.