Workaround for validation and checking if the form has been actually posted

Question

Here is my typical form

        $errors = array();

        if ($this->request->post(\'submit\')) { // <----- I don\'t like this line
            $post          


        

Answer 1

if ($post = $this->request->post())
{
    $post = Validation::factory($post);
    ...
}

Answer 2

This is how I'd do it, except for the condition:

if (Request::POST === $this->request->method())

would be more suitable. There is no way to "skip" the POST check without having consequences (like the errors in your case).

We had a discussion on this topic, 5.3 will probably add more features. Something like:

$this->post(function(){
    // do POST-specific stuff 
})
->get(function(){
    // do GET-specific stuff
});