User feedback of errors

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User feedback of errors

Dylan Anderson Jul '13

Created Jul '13	Last Reply Jul '13	Replies 4	Views 365	Votes 0

Dylan Anderson 125.8k

Jul '13

Does Phalcon have a means to communicate errors to users? For example, I'm currently building a form. I want to show the user an error if the "Name" field isn't provided.

Traditionally in my apps, I've used a static Error class. Throughout my application if an error was generated it would get stored in the Error class. Then, right before the output gets generated, I check if that static class has any errors recorded. If so, I pass them to the template to be displayed, and the template displays them.

Does Phalcon have any functionaltiy that serves a similar purpose?

Nikolay Kirsh · Answer 1 · 2013-07-17T11:00:07-07:00

Nikolay Kirsh
5.0k

Jul '13

@quasipickle yes - https://docs.phalcon.io/en/latest/reference/forms.html#validation

Nikolaos Dimopoulos · Answer 2 · 2013-07-17T12:21:50-07:00

You can also use the flash messenger. When an error happens you just store it in there and errors will be displayed to the user.

https://docs.phalcon.io/en/latest/reference/flash.html

Dylan Anderson · Answer 3 · 2013-07-17T12:36:35-07:00

@boston - thanks. I think that's just what I need. @Nik - I don't like the flash messenger because it generates markup. I want to be able to output the text of the error myself in the template.

Nikolaos Dimopoulos · Answer 4 · 2013-07-17T12:46:31-07:00

Up to you of course - you know the requirements of your project. :)

You can always change the classes that the markup generated (from the flash) that might suit your needs. Just a thought.

Phalcon · Answer 5 · 2013-07-17T14:57:03-07:00

@quasipickle Check how the messages are presented in Vokuro:

https://vokuro.phalcon.io/session/signup

Press the button "Sign Up" without entering any field.

https://github.com/phalcon/vokuro