I can change form validator error message by these code in my model:
array('name, email, subject, body', 'required'
'message'=>'Please enter a value for {attribute}.'),
but i don't know where the {attribute} came from and how can i change it for each field, so any help would be appreciated.
Use these :
return array(
// name, email, subject and body are required
array('name', 'required',
'message'=>'Please enter a value for name.'),
array('email', 'required',
'message'=>'Please enter a value for email.'),
array('subject', 'required',
'message'=>'Please enter a value for subject.'),
array('body', 'required',
'message'=>'Please enter a value for body.'),
I'm not sure if i understand your question right, but you asked where the {attribute} came from:
Some validators introduce placeholders like the {attribute} in your example. If validation fails, they will be replaced with the attribute name. So if no name was entered and your message is 'Please enter a valid {attribute}.' the error message will be "Please enter a valid name".
While the {attribute} placeholder can be used with every validator, some of them introduce even more placeholders. For example with the CStringValidator you can use {min}, {max} or {length}. They will be replace with the number of minimum, maximum or exact characters respecitvely.
Here's an example:
array('firstname,lastname', 'string', 'min'=>3,
'tooShort'=>'Your {attribute} must contain at least {min} letters.'
),
This will give "Your firstname must contain at least 3 letters." if the users enters less than 3 letters. This has the advantage that if you change the min parameter, your message will automatically be updated. So it's less error prone.
The {attribute} is taken from your function:
public function attributeLabels() {
return array(
'id' => 'ID',
'name' => 'Name',
'password' => 'Password',
'email' => 'Email',
);
}
on your model.
