public bool
test
(\SimpleXMLElement $element, mixed $value, mixed $group = null, \Joomla\Registry\Registry $input = null, \Joomla\CMS\Form\Form $form = null)
/**
* Method to test if two values are not equal. To use this rule, the form
* XML needs a validate attribute of equals and a field attribute
* that is equal to the field to test against.
*
* @param \SimpleXMLElement $element The SimpleXMLElement object representing the `<field>` tag for the form field object.
* @param mixed $value The form field value to validate.
* @param string $group The field name group control value. This acts as an array container for the field.
* For example if the field has name="foo" and the group value is set to "bar" then the
* full field name would end up being "bar[foo]".
* @param Registry $input An optional Registry object with the entire data set to validate against the entire form.
* @param Form $form The form object for which the field is being tested.
*
* @return boolean True if the value is valid, false otherwise.
*
* @since 1.7.0
* @throws \InvalidArgumentException
* @throws \UnexpectedValueException
*/
public function test(\SimpleXMLElement $element, $value, $group = null, Registry $input = null, Form $form = null)
{
$field = (string) $element['field'];
// Check that a validation field is set.
if (!$field) {
throw new \UnexpectedValueException(sprintf('$field empty in %s::test', \get_class($this)));
}
if ($input === null) {
throw new \InvalidArgumentException(sprintf('The value for $input must not be null in %s', \get_class($this)));
}
// Test the two values against each other.
if ($value != $input->get($field)) {
return true;
}
return false;
}