NotEqualTo

NotEqualTo

Validates that a value is not equal to another value, defined in the options. To force that a value is equal, see EqualTo.

Caution

This constraint compares using !=, so 3 and "3" are considered equal. Use NotIdenticalTo to compare with !==.

Basic Usage

If you want to ensure that the firstName of a Person is not equal to Mary and that the age of a Person class is not 15, you could do the following:

• Annotations

  // src/Entity/Person.php
  namespace App\Entity;
  use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
  class Person
  {
      /**
       * @Assert\NotEqualTo("Mary")
       */
      protected $firstName;
      /**
       * @Assert\NotEqualTo(
       *     value = 15
       * )
       */
      protected $age;
  }

• YAML

  # config/validator/validation.yaml
  App\Entity\Person:
      properties:
          firstName:
              - NotEqualTo: Mary
          age:
              - NotEqualTo:
                  value: 15

• 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\Person">
          <property name="firstName">
              <constraint name="NotEqualTo">
                  Mary
              </constraint>
          </property>
          <property name="age">
              <constraint name="NotEqualTo">
                  <option name="value">15</option>
              </constraint>
          </property>
      </class>
  </constraint-mapping>

• PHP

  // src/Entity/Person.php
  namespace App\Entity;
  use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
  use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
  class Person
  {
      public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
      {
          $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new Assert\NotEqualTo('Mary'));
          $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('age', new Assert\NotEqualTo([
              'value' => 15,
          ]));
      }
  }

Options

groups

type: array | string

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

message

type: string default: This value should not be equal to {{ compared_value }}.

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

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.

propertyPath

type: string

It defines the object property whose value is used to make the comparison.

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

Tip

When using this option, its value is available in error messages as the {{ compared_value_path }} placeholder. Although it’s not intended to include it in the error messages displayed to end users, it’s useful when using APIs for doing any mapping logic on client-side.

New in version 4.4: The {{ compared_value_path }} placeholder was introduced in Symfony 4.4.

value

type: mixed [default option]

This option is required. It defines the value to compare to. It can be a string, number or object.

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