Bic

Bic

This constraint is used to ensure that a value has the proper format of a Business Identifier Code (BIC). BIC is an internationally agreed means to uniquely identify both financial and non-financial institutions. You may also check that the BIC’s country code is the same as a given IBAN’s one.

Basic Usage

To use the Bic validator, apply it to a property on an object that will contain a Business Identifier Code (BIC).

• Annotations

  // src/Entity/Transaction.php
  namespace App\Entity;
  use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
  class Transaction
  {
      /**
       * @Assert\Bic
       */
      protected $businessIdentifierCode;
  }

• YAML

  # config/validator/validation.yaml
  App\Entity\Transaction:
      properties:
          businessIdentifierCode:
              - Bic: ~

• XML

  <!-- config/validator/validation.xml -->
  <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
  <constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping"
      xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
      xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">
      <class name="App\Entity\Transaction">
          <property name="businessIdentifierCode">
              <constraint name="Bic"/>
          </property>
      </class>
  </constraint-mapping>

• PHP

  // src/Entity/Transaction.php
  namespace App\Entity;
  use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
  use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
  class Transaction
  {
      public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
      {
          $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('businessIdentifierCode', new Assert\Bic());
      }
  }

Note

As with most of the other constraints, null and empty strings are considered valid values. This is to allow them to be optional values. If the value is mandatory, a common solution is to combine this constraint with NotBlank.

Available Options

groups

type: array | string

It defines the validation group or groups this constraint belongs to. Read more about validation groups.

iban

type: string default: null

New in version 4.3: The iban option was introduced in Symfony 4.3.

An IBAN value to validate that its country code is the same as the BIC’s one.

ibanMessage

type: string default: This Business Identifier Code (BIC) is not associated with IBAN {{ iban }}.

New in version 4.3: The ibanMessage option was introduced in Symfony 4.3.

The default message supplied when the value does not pass the combined BIC/IBAN check.

ibanPropertyPath

type: string default: null

New in version 4.3: The ibanPropertyPath option was introduced in Symfony 4.3.

It defines the object property whose value stores the IBAN used to check the BIC with.

For example, if you want to compare the $bic property of some object with regard to the $iban property of the same object, use ibanPropertyPath="iban" in the comparison constraint of $bic.

message

type: string default: This is not a valid Business Identifier Code (BIC).

The default message supplied when the value does not pass the BIC check.

You can use the following parameters in this message:

payload

type: mixed default: null

This option can be used to attach arbitrary domain-specific data to a constraint. The configured payload is not used by the Validator component, but its processing is completely up to you.

For example, you may want to use several error levels to present failed constraints differently in the front-end depending on the severity of the error.

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