Source for file rules.php
Documentation is available at rules.php
* @package Joomla.Platform
* @copyright Copyright (C) 2005 - 2013 Open Source Matters, Inc. All rights reserved.
* @license GNU General Public License version 2 or later; see LICENSE
* Form Rule class for the Joomla Platform.
* @package Joomla.Platform
* Method to test the value.
* @param SimpleXMLElement $element The SimpleXMLElement object representing the <field /> tag for the form field object.
* @param mixed $value The form field value to validate.
* @param string $group The field name group control value. This acts as as an array container for the field.
* For example if the field has name="foo" and the group value is set to "bar" then the
* full field name would end up being "bar[foo]".
* @param JRegistry $input An optional JRegistry object with the entire data set to validate against the entire form.
* @param JForm $form The form object for which the field is being tested.
* @return boolean True if the value is valid, false otherwise.
public function test(SimpleXMLElement $element, $value, $group =
null, JRegistry $input =
null, JForm $form =
null)
// Get the possible field actions and the ones posted to validate them.
$fieldActions =
self::getFieldActions($element);
$valueActions =
self::getValueActions($value);
// Make sure that all posted actions are in the list of possible actions for the field.
foreach ($valueActions as $action)
* Method to get the list of permission action names from the form field value.
* @param mixed $value The form field value to validate.
* @return array A list of permission action names from the form field value.
// Iterate over the asset actions and add to the actions.
foreach ((array)
$value as $name =>
$rules)
* Method to get the list of possible permission action names for the form field.
* @param SimpleXMLElement $element The SimpleXMLElement object representing the <field /> tag for the
* @return array A list of permission action names from the form field element definition.
// Initialise some field attributes.
$section =
$element['section'] ? (string)
$element['section'] :
'';
$component =
$element['component'] ? (string)
$element['component'] :
'';
// Get the asset actions for the element.
// Iterate over the asset actions and add to the actions.
foreach ($elActions as $item)
$actions[] =
$item->name;
// Iterate over the children and add to the actions.
foreach ($element->children() as $el)
if ($el->getName() ==
'action')
$actions[] = (string)
$el['name'];
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