Custom validation method

Need Help
1

Hi all,

I am trying to add validation that simply checks to make sure two fields are different.

I have found a method that does the opposite and makes sure two fields are the same.
https://api.cakephp.org/3.4/class-Cake.Validation.Validation.html#_compareWith

Can someone please help me do this?

Do I need to write a custom validation method?

Can you please help me with sample code or point me to the documentation that steps me through how to do this.

Cheers!

2

In XXXTable.php

public function validationDefault(Validator $validator)
    {
        $validator
            ->notEmpty('field_name2')
            ->notEmpty('field_name1')
            ->add('field_name1', [
                'NotEqualToField2' => [ //you can define this name
                    'rule' => function ($value, $context) { // this $value refer to ->add('field_name1'
                        //custom logic return true / false
                        return $value !== $context['data']['field_name2'];
                    },
                    'message' => 'Fields must be different'
                ]
            ]);
        
        return $validator;
    }
3

Diego this is awesome!

I plugged this into my code and it worked perfectly!

Thanks so much.

Cheers