How to verify password field in zend form?

Question

In my form, I\'m trying to verify that the user fills in the same value both times (to make sure they didn\'t make a mistake). I think that\'s what Zend_Validate_Identical

Answer 1

I was able to get it to work with the following code:

In my form I add the Identical validator on the second element only:

$this->addElement('text', 'email', array(
        'label'      => 'Email address:',
        'required'   => true,
        'filters'    => array('StringTrim'),
        'validators' => array('EmailAddress')
    ));

$this->addElement('text', 'verify_email', array(
        'label'      => 'Verify Email:',
        'required'   => true,
        'filters'    => array('StringTrim'),
        'validators' => array('EmailAddress', 'Identical')
    ));

And in the controller, just before calling isValid():

$validator = $form->getElement('verify_email')->getValidator('identical');
$validator->setToken($this->_request->getPost('email'));

I don't know if there is a more elegant way of doing this without having to add this code to the controller. Let me know if there is a better way to do this.