NotNull.rst

NotNull

Validates that a value is not strictly equal to null. To ensure that a value is simply not blank (not a blank string), see the :doc:`/reference/constraints/NotBlank` constraint.

Applies to	:ref:`property or method <validation-property-target>`
Options	message `payload`_
Class	:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\NotNull`
Validator	:class:`Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\NotNullValidator`

Basic Usage

If you wanted to ensure that the firstName property of an Author class were not strictly equal to null, you would:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: php-annotations

        // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
        namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

        class Author
        {
            /**
             * @Assert\NotNull()
             */
            protected $firstName;
        }

    .. code-block:: yaml

        # src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/validation.yml
        Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author:
            properties:
                firstName:
                    - NotNull: ~

    .. code-block:: xml

        <!-- src/Acme/BlogBundle/Resources/config/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 http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

            <class name="Acme\BlogBundle\Entity\Author">
                <property name="firstName">
                    <constraint name="NotNull" />
                </property>
            </class>
        </constraint-mapping>

    .. code-block:: php

        // src/Acme/BlogBundle/Entity/Author.php
        namespace Acme\BlogBundle\Entity;

        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

        class Author
        {
            public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
            {
                $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new Assert\NotNull());
            }
        }

Options

message

type: string default: This value should not be null.

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