Zend Framework 1.8.5 Manual

Each validator which is based on Zend_Validate provides one or multiple messages in the case of a failed validation. You can use this information for setting own messages or when you have to translate the messages a validator can return. The following table lists all available messages which are returned by each validator.

Available Validation Messages

Validator	Constant	Message
Alnum	NOT_ALNUM	'%value%' has not only alphabetic and digit characters
	STRING_EMPTY	'%value%' is an empty string
Alpha	NOT_ALPHA	'%value%' has not only alphabetic characters
	STRING_EMPTY	'%value%' is an empty string
Barcode	---	messages are thrown by a subclass
Barcode_Ean13	INVALID	'%value%' is an invalid EAN-13 barcode
	INVALID_LENGTH	'%value%' should be 13 characters
	NOT_NUMERIC	'%value%' should contain only numeric characters
Barcode_UpcA	INVALID	'%value%' is an invalid UPC-A barcode
	INVALID_LENGTH	'%value%' should be 12 characters
Between	NOT_BETWEEN	'%value%' is not between '%min%' and '%max%', inclusively
	NOT_BETWEEN_STRICT	'%value%' is not strictly between '%min%' and '%max%'
Ccnum	LENGTH	'%value%' must contain between 13 and 19 digits
	CHECKSUM	Luhn algorithm (mod-10 checksum) failed on '%value%'
Date	FALSEFORMAT	'%value%' does not fit given date format
	INVALID	'%value%' does not appear to be a valid date
	NOT_YYYY_MM_DD	'%value%' is not of the format YYYY-MM-DD
Db_Abstract	ERROR_NO_RECORD_FOUND	No record matching %value% was found
	ERROR_RECORD_FOUND	A record matching %value% was found
Digits	NOT_DIGITS	'%value%' contains not only digit characters
	STRING_EMPTY	'%value%' is an empty string
EmailAddress	INVALID	'%value%' is not a valid email address in the basic format local-part@hostname
	INVALID_HOSTNAME	'%hostname%' is not a valid hostname for email address '%value%'
	INVALID_MX_RECORD	'%hostname%' does not appear to have a valid MX record for the email address '%value%'
	DOT_ATOM	'%localPart%' not matched against dot-atom format
	QUOTED_STRING	'%localPart%' not matched against quoted-string format
	INVALID_LOCAL_PART	'%localPart%' is not a valid local part for email address '%value%'
	LENGTH_EXCEEDED	'%value%' exceeds the allowed length
File_Count	TOO_MUCH	Too much files, maximum '%max%' are allowed but '%count%' are given
	TOO_LESS	Too less files, minimum '%min%' are expected but '%count%' are given
File_Crc32	DOES_NOT_MATCH	The file '%value%' does not match the given crc32 hashes
	NOT_DETECTED	There was no crc32 hash detected for the given file
	NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' could not be found
File_ExcludeExtension	FALSE_EXTENSION	The file '%value%' has a false extension
	NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' was not found
File_ExcludeMimeType	FALSE_TYPE	The file '%value%' has a false mimetype of '%type%'
	NOT_DETECTED	The mimetype of file '%value%' could not been detected
	NOT_READABLE	The file '%value%' can not be read
File_Exists	DOES_NOT_EXIST	The file '%value%' does not exist
	File_Extension	FALSE_EXTENSION	The file '%value%' has a false extension
		NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' was not found
File_FilesSize	TOO_BIG	All files in sum should have a maximum size of '%max%' but '%size%' were detected
	TOO_SMALL	All files in sum should have a minimum size of '%min%' but '%size%' were detected
	NOT_READABLE	One or more files can not be read
File_Hash	DOES_NOT_MATCH	The file '%value%' does not match the given hashes
	NOT_DETECTED	There was no hash detected for the given file
	NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' could not be found
File_ImageSize	WIDTH_TOO_BIG	Maximum allowed width for image '%value%' should be '%maxwidth%' but '%width%' detected
	WIDTH_TOO_SMALL	Minimum expected width for image '%value%' should be '%minwidth%' but '%width%' detected
	HEIGHT_TOO_BIG	Maximum allowed height for image '%value%' should be '%maxheight%' but '%height%' detected
	HEIGHT_TOO_SMALL	Minimum expected height for image '%value%' should be '%minheight%' but '%height%' detected
	NOT_DETECTED	The size of image '%value%' could not be detected
	NOT_READABLE	The image '%value%' can not be read
File_IsCompressed	FALSE_TYPE	The file '%value%' is not compressed, '%type%' detected
	NOT_DETECTED	The mimetype of file '%value%' could not been detected
	NOT_READABLE	The file '%value%' can not be read
File_IsImage	FALSE_TYPE	The file '%value%' is no image, '%type%' detected
	NOT_DETECTED	The mimetype of file '%value%' could not been detected
	NOT_READABLE	The file '%value%' can not be read
File_Md5	DOES_NOT_MATCH	The file '%value%' does not match the given md5 hashes
	NOT_DETECTED	There was no md5 hash detected for the given file
	NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' could not be found
File_MimeType	FALSE_TYPE	The file '%value%' has a false mimetype of '%type%'
	NOT_DETECTED	The mimetype of file '%value%' could not been detected
	NOT_READABLE	The file '%value%' can not be read
File_NotExists	DOES_EXIST	The file '%value%' does exist
File_Sha1	DOES_NOT_MATCH	The file '%value%' does not match the given sha1 hashes
	NOT_DETECTED	There was no sha1 hash detected for the given file
	NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' could not be found
File_Size	TOO_BIG	Maximum allowed size for file '%value%' is '%max%' but '%size%' detected
	TOO_SMALL	Minimum expected size for file '%value%' is '%min%' but '%size%' detected
	NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' could not be found
File_Upload	INI_SIZE	The file '%value%' exceeds the defined ini size
	FORM_SIZE	The file '%value%' exceeds the defined form size
	PARTIAL	The file '%value%' was only partially uploaded
	NO_FILE	The file '%value%' was not uploaded
	NO_TMP_DIR	No temporary directory was found for the file '%value%'
	CANT_WRITE	The file '%value%' can't be written
	EXTENSION	The extension returned an error while uploading the file '%value%'
	ATTACK	The file '%value%' was illegal uploaded, possible attack
	FILE_NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' was not found
	UNKNOWN	Unknown error while uploading the file '%value%'
File_WordCount	TOO_MUCH	Too much words, maximum '%max%' are allowed but '%count%' were counted
	TOO_LESS	Too less words, minimum '%min%' are expected but '%count%' were counted
	NOT_FOUND	The file '%value%' could not be found
Float	NOT_FLOAT	'%value%' does not appear to be a float
GreaterThan	NOT_GREATER	'%value%' is not greater than '%min%'
Hex	NOT_HEX	'%value%' has not only hexadecimal digit characters
Hostname	IP_ADDRESS_NOT_ALLOWED	'%value%' appears to be an IP address, but IP addresses are not allowed
	UNKNOWN_TLD	'%value%' appears to be a DNS hostname but cannot match TLD against known list
	INVALID_DASH	'%value%' appears to be a DNS hostname but contains a dash (-) in an invalid position
	INVALID_HOSTNAME_SCHEMA	'%value%' appears to be a DNS hostname but cannot match against hostname schema for TLD '%tld%'
	UNDECIPHERABLE_TLD	'%value%' appears to be a DNS hostname but cannot extract TLD part
	INVALID_HOSTNAME	'%value%' does not match the expected structure for a DNS hostname
	INVALID_LOCAL_NAME	'%value%' does not appear to be a valid local network name
	LOCAL_NAME_NOT_ALLOWED	'%value%' appears to be a local network name but local network names are not allowed
Iban	NOTSUPPORTED	'%value%' does not have IBAN
	FALSEFORMAT	'%value%' has a false format
	CHECKFAILED	'%value%' has failed the IBAN check
Identical	NOT_SAME	Tokens do not match
	MISSING_TOKEN	No token was provided to match against
InArray	NOT_IN_ARRAY	'%value%' was not found in the haystack
Int	NOT_INT	'%value%' does not appear to be an integer
Ip	NOT_IP_ADDRESS	'%value%' does not appear to be a valid IP address
LessThan	NOT_LESS	'%value%' is not less than '%max%'
NotEmpty	IS_EMPTY	Value is required and can't be empty
Regex	NOT_MATCH	'%value%' does not match against pattern '%pattern%'
StringLength	TOO_SHORT	'%value%' is less than %min% characters long
	TOO_LONG	'%value%' is greater than %max% characters long

Additionally you can retrieve all message templates of a validator with the method getMessageTemplates(). It returns you an array with the messages a validator could return in the case of a failed validation.

$validator = new Zend_Validate_Alnum();
$messages  = $validator->getMessageTemplates();