NotBlank
========

Validates that a value is not blank - meaning not equal to a blank string,
a blank array, ``false`` or ``null`` (null behavior is configurable). To check
that a value is not equal to ``null``, see the
:doc:`/reference/constraints/NotNull` constraint.

==========  ===================================================================
Applies to  :ref:`property or method <validation-property-target>`
Options     - `allowNull`_
            - `groups`_
            - `message`_
            - `normalizer`_
            - `payload`_
Class       :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\NotBlank`
Validator   :class:`Symfony\\Component\\Validator\\Constraints\\NotBlankValidator`
==========  ===================================================================

Basic Usage
-----------

If you wanted to ensure that the ``firstName`` property of an ``Author``
class were not blank, you could do the following:

.. configuration-block::

    .. code-block:: php-annotations

        // src/Entity/Author.php
        namespace App\Entity;

        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

        class Author
        {
            /**
             * @Assert\NotBlank
             */
            protected $firstName;
        }

    .. code-block:: yaml

        # config/validator/validation.yaml
        App\Entity\Author:
            properties:
                firstName:
                    - NotBlank: ~

    .. code-block:: xml

        <!-- config/validator/validation.xml -->
        <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
        <constraint-mapping xmlns="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping"
            xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
            xsi:schemaLocation="http://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping https://symfony.com/schema/dic/constraint-mapping/constraint-mapping-1.0.xsd">

            <class name="App\Entity\Author">
                <property name="firstName">
                    <constraint name="NotBlank"/>
                </property>
            </class>
        </constraint-mapping>

    .. code-block:: php

        // src/Entity/Author.php
        namespace App\Entity;

        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;
        use Symfony\Component\Validator\Mapping\ClassMetadata;

        class Author
        {
            public static function loadValidatorMetadata(ClassMetadata $metadata)
            {
                $metadata->addPropertyConstraint('firstName', new Assert\NotBlank());
            }
        }

Options
-------

allowNull
~~~~~~~~~

**type**: ``bool`` **default**: ``false``

If set to ``true``, ``null`` values are considered valid and won't trigger a
constraint violation.

.. include:: /reference/constraints/_groups-option.rst.inc

``message``
~~~~~~~~~~~

**type**: ``string`` **default**: ``This value should not be blank.``

This is the message that will be shown if the value is blank.

You can use the following parameters in this message:

===============  ==============================================================
Parameter        Description
===============  ==============================================================
``{{ value }}``  The current (invalid) value
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.. include:: /reference/constraints/_normalizer-option.rst.inc

.. include:: /reference/constraints/_payload-option.rst.inc