class FormValidator

Same name in other branches
  1. 8.9.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormValidator.php \Drupal\Core\Form\FormValidator
  2. 10 core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormValidator.php \Drupal\Core\Form\FormValidator
  3. 11.x core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormValidator.php \Drupal\Core\Form\FormValidator

Provides validation of form submissions.

Hierarchy

Expanded class hierarchy of FormValidator

2 files declare their use of FormValidator
FormTestBase.php in core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Form/FormTestBase.php
FormValidatorTest.php in core/tests/Drupal/Tests/Core/Form/FormValidatorTest.php
1 string reference to 'FormValidator'
core.services.yml in core/core.services.yml
core/core.services.yml
1 service uses FormValidator
form_validator in core/core.services.yml
Drupal\Core\Form\FormValidator

File

core/lib/Drupal/Core/Form/FormValidator.php, line 16

Namespace

Drupal\Core\Form
View source
class FormValidator implements FormValidatorInterface {
    use StringTranslationTrait;
    
    /**
     * The CSRF token generator to validate the form token.
     *
     * @var \Drupal\Core\Access\CsrfTokenGenerator
     */
    protected $csrfToken;
    
    /**
     * The request stack.
     *
     * @var \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack
     */
    protected $requestStack;
    
    /**
     * A logger instance.
     *
     * @var \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface
     */
    protected $logger;
    
    /**
     * The form error handler.
     *
     * @var \Drupal\Core\Form\FormErrorHandlerInterface
     */
    protected $formErrorHandler;
    
    /**
     * Constructs a new FormValidator.
     *
     * @param \Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack $request_stack
     *   The request stack.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\StringTranslation\TranslationInterface $string_translation
     *   The string translation service.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Access\CsrfTokenGenerator $csrf_token
     *   The CSRF token generator.
     * @param \Psr\Log\LoggerInterface $logger
     *   A logger instance.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormErrorHandlerInterface $form_error_handler
     *   The form error handler.
     */
    public function __construct(RequestStack $request_stack, TranslationInterface $string_translation, CsrfTokenGenerator $csrf_token, LoggerInterface $logger, FormErrorHandlerInterface $form_error_handler) {
        $this->requestStack = $request_stack;
        $this->stringTranslation = $string_translation;
        $this->csrfToken = $csrf_token;
        $this->logger = $logger;
        $this->formErrorHandler = $form_error_handler;
    }
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function executeValidateHandlers(&$form, FormStateInterface &$form_state) {
        // If there was a button pressed, use its handlers.
        $handlers = $form_state->getValidateHandlers();
        // Otherwise, check for a form-level handler.
        if (!$handlers && isset($form['#validate'])) {
            $handlers = $form['#validate'];
        }
        foreach ($handlers as $callback) {
            call_user_func_array($form_state->prepareCallback($callback), [
                &$form,
                &$form_state,
            ]);
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function validateForm($form_id, &$form, FormStateInterface &$form_state) {
        // If this form is flagged to always validate, ensure that previous runs of
        // validation are ignored.
        if ($form_state->isValidationEnforced()) {
            $form_state->setValidationComplete(FALSE);
        }
        // If this form has completed validation, do not validate again.
        if ($form_state->isValidationComplete()) {
            return;
        }
        // If the session token was set by self::prepareForm(), ensure that it
        // matches the current user's session. This is duplicate to code in
        // FormBuilder::doBuildForm() but left to protect any custom form handling
        // code.
        if (isset($form['#token'])) {
            if (!$this->csrfToken
                ->validate($form_state->getValue('form_token'), $form['#token']) || $form_state->hasInvalidToken()) {
                $this->setInvalidTokenError($form_state);
                // Stop here and don't run any further validation handlers, because they
                // could invoke non-safe operations which opens the door for CSRF
                // vulnerabilities.
                $this->finalizeValidation($form, $form_state, $form_id);
                return;
            }
        }
        // Recursively validate each form element.
        $this->doValidateForm($form, $form_state, $form_id);
        $this->finalizeValidation($form, $form_state, $form_id);
        $this->handleErrorsWithLimitedValidation($form, $form_state, $form_id);
    }
    
    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setInvalidTokenError(FormStateInterface $form_state) {
        // Setting this error will cause the form to fail validation.
        $form_state->setErrorByName('form_token', $this->t('The form has become outdated. Press the back button, copy any unsaved work in the form, and then reload the page.'));
    }
    
    /**
     * Handles validation errors for forms with limited validation.
     *
     * If validation errors are limited then remove any non validated form values,
     * so that only values that passed validation are left for submit callbacks.
     *
     * @param array $form
     *   An associative array containing the structure of the form.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
     *   The current state of the form.
     * @param string $form_id
     *   The unique string identifying the form.
     */
    protected function handleErrorsWithLimitedValidation(&$form, FormStateInterface &$form_state, $form_id) {
        // If validation errors are limited then remove any non validated form values,
        // so that only values that passed validation are left for submit callbacks.
        $triggering_element = $form_state->getTriggeringElement();
        if (isset($triggering_element['#limit_validation_errors']) && $triggering_element['#limit_validation_errors'] !== FALSE) {
            $values = [];
            foreach ($triggering_element['#limit_validation_errors'] as $section) {
                // If the section exists within $form_state->getValues(), even if the
                // value is NULL, copy it to $values.
                $section_exists = NULL;
                $value = NestedArray::getValue($form_state->getValues(), $section, $section_exists);
                if ($section_exists) {
                    NestedArray::setValue($values, $section, $value);
                }
            }
            // A button's #value does not require validation, so for convenience we
            // allow the value of the clicked button to be retained in its normal
            // $form_state->getValues() locations, even if these locations are not
            // included in #limit_validation_errors.
            if (!empty($triggering_element['#is_button'])) {
                $button_value = $triggering_element['#value'];
                // Like all input controls, the button value may be in the location
                // dictated by #parents. If it is, copy it to $values, but do not
                // override what may already be in $values.
                $parents = $triggering_element['#parents'];
                if (!NestedArray::keyExists($values, $parents) && NestedArray::getValue($form_state->getValues(), $parents) === $button_value) {
                    NestedArray::setValue($values, $parents, $button_value);
                }
                // Additionally, self::doBuildForm() places the button value in
                // $form_state->getValue(BUTTON_NAME). If it's still there, after
                // validation handlers have run, copy it to $values, but do not override
                // what may already be in $values.
                $name = $triggering_element['#name'];
                if (!isset($values[$name]) && $form_state->getValue($name) === $button_value) {
                    $values[$name] = $button_value;
                }
            }
            $form_state->setValues($values);
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Finalizes validation.
     *
     * @param array $form
     *   An associative array containing the structure of the form.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
     *   The current state of the form.
     * @param string $form_id
     *   The unique string identifying the form.
     */
    protected function finalizeValidation(&$form, FormStateInterface &$form_state, $form_id) {
        // Delegate handling of form errors to a service.
        $this->formErrorHandler
            ->handleFormErrors($form, $form_state);
        // Mark this form as validated.
        $form_state->setValidationComplete();
    }
    
    /**
     * Performs validation on form elements.
     *
     * First ensures required fields are completed, #maxlength is not exceeded,
     * and selected options were in the list of options given to the user. Then
     * calls user-defined validators.
     *
     * @param $elements
     *   An associative array containing the structure of the form.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
     *   The current state of the form. The current user-submitted data is stored
     *   in $form_state->getValues(), though form validation functions are passed
     *   an explicit copy of the values for the sake of simplicity. Validation
     *   handlers can also $form_state to pass information on to submit handlers.
     *   For example:
     *     $form_state->set('data_for_submission', $data);
     *   This technique is useful when validation requires file parsing,
     *   web service requests, or other expensive requests that should
     *   not be repeated in the submission step.
     * @param $form_id
     *   A unique string identifying the form for validation, submission,
     *   theming, and hook_form_alter functions. Is only present on the initial
     *   call to the method, which receives the entire form array as the $element,
     *   and not on recursive calls.
     */
    protected function doValidateForm(&$elements, FormStateInterface &$form_state, $form_id = NULL) {
        // Recurse through all children, sorting the elements so that the order of
        // error messages displayed to the user matches the order of elements in
        // the form. Use a copy of $elements so that it is not modified by the
        // sorting itself.
        $elements_sorted = $elements;
        foreach (Element::children($elements_sorted, TRUE) as $key) {
            if (isset($elements[$key]) && $elements[$key]) {
                $this->doValidateForm($elements[$key], $form_state);
            }
        }
        // Validate the current input.
        if (!isset($elements['#validated']) || !$elements['#validated']) {
            // The following errors are always shown.
            if (isset($elements['#needs_validation'])) {
                $this->performRequiredValidation($elements, $form_state);
            }
            // Set up the limited validation for errors.
            $form_state->setLimitValidationErrors($this->determineLimitValidationErrors($form_state));
            // Make sure a value is passed when the field is required.
            if (isset($elements['#needs_validation']) && $elements['#required']) {
                // A simple call to empty() will not cut it here as some fields, like
                // checkboxes, can return a valid value of '0'. Instead, check the
                // length if it's a string, and the item count if it's an array.
                // An unchecked checkbox has a #value of integer 0, different than
                // string '0', which could be a valid value.
                $is_countable = is_array($elements['#value']) || $elements['#value'] instanceof \Countable;
                $is_empty_multiple = $is_countable && count($elements['#value']) == 0;
                $is_empty_string = is_string($elements['#value']) && mb_strlen(trim($elements['#value'])) == 0;
                $is_empty_value = $elements['#value'] === 0;
                $is_empty_null = is_null($elements['#value']);
                if ($is_empty_multiple || $is_empty_string || $is_empty_value || $is_empty_null) {
                    // Flag this element as #required_but_empty to allow #element_validate
                    // handlers to set a custom required error message, but without having
                    // to re-implement the complex logic to figure out whether the field
                    // value is empty.
                    $elements['#required_but_empty'] = TRUE;
                }
            }
            // Call user-defined form level validators.
            if (isset($form_id)) {
                $this->executeValidateHandlers($elements, $form_state);
            }
            elseif (isset($elements['#element_validate'])) {
                foreach ($elements['#element_validate'] as $callback) {
                    $complete_form =& $form_state->getCompleteForm();
                    call_user_func_array($form_state->prepareCallback($callback), [
                        &$elements,
                        &$form_state,
                        &$complete_form,
                    ]);
                }
            }
            // Ensure that a #required form error is thrown, regardless of whether
            // #element_validate handlers changed any properties. If $is_empty_value
            // is defined, then above #required validation code ran, so the other
            // variables are also known to be defined and we can test them again.
            if (isset($is_empty_value) && ($is_empty_multiple || $is_empty_string || $is_empty_value || $is_empty_null)) {
                if (isset($elements['#required_error'])) {
                    $form_state->setError($elements, $elements['#required_error']);
                }
                elseif (isset($elements['#title'])) {
                    $form_state->setError($elements, $this->t('@name field is required.', [
                        '@name' => $elements['#title'],
                    ]));
                }
                else {
                    $form_state->setError($elements);
                }
            }
            $elements['#validated'] = TRUE;
        }
        // Done validating this element, so turn off error suppression.
        // self::doValidateForm() turns it on again when starting on the next
        // element, if it's still appropriate to do so.
        $form_state->setLimitValidationErrors(NULL);
    }
    
    /**
     * Performs validation of elements that are not subject to limited validation.
     *
     * @param array $elements
     *   An associative array containing the structure of the form.
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
     *   The current state of the form. The current user-submitted data is stored
     *   in $form_state->getValues(), though form validation functions are passed
     *   an explicit copy of the values for the sake of simplicity. Validation
     *   handlers can also $form_state to pass information on to submit handlers.
     *   For example:
     *     $form_state->set('data_for_submission', $data);
     *   This technique is useful when validation requires file parsing,
     *   web service requests, or other expensive requests that should
     *   not be repeated in the submission step.
     */
    protected function performRequiredValidation(&$elements, FormStateInterface &$form_state) {
        // Verify that the value is not longer than #maxlength.
        if (isset($elements['#maxlength']) && mb_strlen($elements['#value']) > $elements['#maxlength']) {
            $form_state->setError($elements, $this->t('@name cannot be longer than %max characters but is currently %length characters long.', [
                '@name' => empty($elements['#title']) ? $elements['#parents'][0] : $elements['#title'],
                '%max' => $elements['#maxlength'],
                '%length' => mb_strlen($elements['#value']),
            ]));
        }
        if (isset($elements['#options']) && isset($elements['#value'])) {
            if ($elements['#type'] == 'select') {
                $options = OptGroup::flattenOptions($elements['#options']);
            }
            else {
                $options = $elements['#options'];
            }
            if (is_array($elements['#value'])) {
                $value = in_array($elements['#type'], [
                    'checkboxes',
                    'tableselect',
                ]) ? array_keys($elements['#value']) : $elements['#value'];
                foreach ($value as $v) {
                    if (!isset($options[$v])) {
                        $form_state->setError($elements, $this->t('An illegal choice has been detected. Please contact the site administrator.'));
                        $this->logger
                            ->error('Illegal choice %choice in %name element.', [
                            '%choice' => $v,
                            '%name' => empty($elements['#title']) ? $elements['#parents'][0] : $elements['#title'],
                        ]);
                    }
                }
            }
            elseif ($elements['#type'] == 'select' && !$elements['#multiple'] && $elements['#required'] && !isset($elements['#default_value']) && $elements['#value'] === $elements['#empty_value']) {
                $elements['#value'] = NULL;
                $form_state->setValueForElement($elements, NULL);
            }
            elseif (!isset($options[$elements['#value']])) {
                $form_state->setError($elements, $this->t('An illegal choice has been detected. Please contact the site administrator.'));
                $this->logger
                    ->error('Illegal choice %choice in %name element.', [
                    '%choice' => $elements['#value'],
                    '%name' => empty($elements['#title']) ? $elements['#parents'][0] : $elements['#title'],
                ]);
            }
        }
    }
    
    /**
     * Determines if validation errors should be limited.
     *
     * @param \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface $form_state
     *   The current state of the form.
     *
     * @return array|null
     */
    protected function determineLimitValidationErrors(FormStateInterface &$form_state) {
        // While this element is being validated, it may be desired that some
        // calls to \Drupal\Core\Form\FormStateInterface::setErrorByName() be
        // suppressed and not result in a form error, so that a button that
        // implements low-risk functionality (such as "Previous" or "Add more") that
        // doesn't require all user input to be valid can still have its submit
        // handlers triggered. The triggering element's #limit_validation_errors
        // property contains the information for which errors are needed, and all
        // other errors are to be suppressed. The #limit_validation_errors property
        // is ignored if submit handlers will run, but the element doesn't have a
        // #submit property, because it's too large a security risk to have any
        // invalid user input when executing form-level submit handlers.
        $triggering_element = $form_state->getTriggeringElement();
        if (isset($triggering_element['#limit_validation_errors']) && $triggering_element['#limit_validation_errors'] !== FALSE && !($form_state->isSubmitted() && !isset($triggering_element['#submit']))) {
            return $triggering_element['#limit_validation_errors'];
        }
        elseif ($triggering_element && !isset($triggering_element['#limit_validation_errors']) && !$form_state->isSubmitted()) {
            return [];
        }
        else {
            return NULL;
        }
    }

}

Members

Title Sort descending Modifiers Object type Summary Overriden Title Overrides
FormValidator::$csrfToken protected property The CSRF token generator to validate the form token.
FormValidator::$formErrorHandler protected property The form error handler.
FormValidator::$logger protected property A logger instance.
FormValidator::$requestStack protected property The request stack.
FormValidator::determineLimitValidationErrors protected function Determines if validation errors should be limited.
FormValidator::doValidateForm protected function Performs validation on form elements.
FormValidator::executeValidateHandlers public function Executes custom validation handlers for a given form. Overrides FormValidatorInterface::executeValidateHandlers
FormValidator::finalizeValidation protected function Finalizes validation.
FormValidator::handleErrorsWithLimitedValidation protected function Handles validation errors for forms with limited validation.
FormValidator::performRequiredValidation protected function Performs validation of elements that are not subject to limited validation.
FormValidator::setInvalidTokenError public function Sets a form_token error on the given form state. Overrides FormValidatorInterface::setInvalidTokenError
FormValidator::validateForm public function Validates user-submitted form data in the $form_state. Overrides FormValidatorInterface::validateForm
FormValidator::__construct public function Constructs a new FormValidator.
StringTranslationTrait::$stringTranslation protected property The string translation service. 3
StringTranslationTrait::formatPlural protected function Formats a string containing a count of items.
StringTranslationTrait::getNumberOfPlurals protected function Returns the number of plurals supported by a given language.
StringTranslationTrait::getStringTranslation protected function Gets the string translation service.
StringTranslationTrait::setStringTranslation public function Sets the string translation service to use. 2
StringTranslationTrait::t protected function Translates a string to the current language or to a given language.

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