1. Requirements
2. Installation and Usage

This validator validates the absence of requested file and optionally you can rename the $object->$attribute and save the file using the $object->$attribute.

• Properties :
  1. string $path the path to look up
  2. boolean $renameIfExists can be used to rename the $object->$attribute if the file already exists. Defaults to true.
  3. boolean $allowEmpty can be used to set allow empty file upload. Defaults to true
  4. string $emptyMessage can be used to display error when file is empty
  5. string $existMessage can be used to display error when file already exists

Requirements ¶

Yii 1.1

Installation and Usage ¶

1. Copy this validator to protected/extensions

2. Inside rules() of your model use like this : array('file','ext.validator.NotExists','path'=>'images/','allowEmpty'=>false,'renameIfExists'=>false,'emptyMessage'=>'{attribute} is empty','existMessage'=>'{value} already exists'),

...you can use the validator like the following...

public function rules()
	{
		return array(
			....
			....        array('file','ext.validator.NotExists','path'=>'images/','allowEmpty'=>false,'renameIfExists'=>false,'emptyMessage'=>'{attribute} is empty','existMessage'=>'{value} already exists'),
			....
			....
		);
	}