Kohana 3: Example of model with validation

Question

I find examples and tutorials about models and about validation. And I places that say the validation (or most of it at least) should be in the model, which I agree with. But I

Answer 1

An example of KO3 validation used with ORM models. Example was posted with permission by a1986 (blaa) in #kohana (freenode).

 array());

  protected $_rules = array(
    'document' => array(
      'Upload::valid'     => NULL,
      'Upload::not_empty' => NULL,
      'Upload::type'      => array(array('pdf', 'doc', 'odt')),
      'Upload::size'      => array('10M')
    )
  );

  protected $_ignored_columns = array('document');


  /**
   * Overwriting the ORM::save() method
   * 
   * Move the uploaded file and save it to the database in the case of success
   * A Log message will be writed if the Upload::save fails to move the uploaded file
   * 
   */
  public function save()
  {
    $user_id = Auth::instance()->get_user()->id;
    $file = Upload::save($this->document, NULL, 'upload/contracts/');

    if (FALSE !== $file)
    {
      $this->sent_on = date('Y-m-d H:i:s');
      $this->filename = $this->document['name'];
      $this->stored_filename = $file;
      $this->user_id = $user_id;
    } 
    else 
    {
      Kohana::$log->add('error', 'Não foi possível salvar o arquivo. A gravação da linha no banco de dados foi abortada.');
    }

    return parent::save();

  }

  /**
   * Overwriting the ORM::delete() method
   * 
   * Delete the database register if the file was deleted 
   * 
   * If not, record a Log message and return FALSE
   * 
   */
  public function delete($id = NULL)
  {

    if (unlink($this->stored_filename))
    {
      return parent::delete($id);
    }

    Kohana::$log->add('error', 'Não foi possível deletar o arquivo do sistema. O registro foi mantido no banco de dados.');
    return FALSE;
  }
}