#Assert\Valid() on Entity, remove the validation on form - forms

Question

I been searching online, couldn't find the answer to my problem.
I want to disable #Assert/Valid() on first field, if second field is selected by the user. right now validation is happening on both fields.
Form type
AppBundle/Form/ParcelType.php
class ParcelType extends AbstractType
{
public function buildForm(FormBuilderInterface $builder, array $options)
{
$user = 1;
$builder
//TODO if address is selected from history, then dont validate this field
->add('pickupAddressNew', new AddressType())
->add('pickupAddressHistory', 'entity', [
'class' => 'AppBundle\Entity\Address',
'property' => 'formatAddress',
'query_builder' => function (EntityRepository $er) use ($user) {
return $er->createQueryBuilder('a')
->where('a.user = :user')
->andWhere('a.type = :type')
->setParameter('user', $user)
->setParameter('type', 'pickup')
->orderBy('a.isDefault', 'DESC')
->addOrderBy('a.id', 'DESC');
}
]););
}
public function getName()
{
return 'parcel';
}
}
AppBundle/Entity/Model/Parcel.php
class Parcel
{
protected $name;
/**
* #Assert\Type(type="AppBundle\Entity\Address")
* #Assert\Valid()
*/
protected $pickupAddressNew;
/**
* #Assert\Type(type="AppBundle\Entity\Address")
* #Assert\Valid()
*/
protected $pickupAddressHistory;
...
}
Address
AppBundle/Entity/Address.php
class Address
{
...
private $id;
..
private $firstName;
/**
* #var string
*
* #Assert\NotBlank(message="field.address.blank")
* #Assert\Length(
* min = 3,
* max = 255,
* minMessage = "field.address.min",
* maxMessage = "field.address.max"
* )
* #ORM\Column(name="format_address", type="string", length=255, nullable=false)
*/
private $address;
}

Answer 1

After long search, I couldn't find any answer, but found another solution which will solve it. Sharing with community, so others can solve it quickly.
Remove #Assert/Valid() from the annotation and add following on the form type
public function buildForm(...) {
...
$form->add('pickupAddressNew', new AddressType(), [
'label' => 'form.label.pickupAddressNew',
'constraints' => new Valid()
])
// also add event listener
$builder->addEventListener(FormEvents::SUBMIT, array($this, 'conditionValid'));
}
now create condition valid method on same formType class.
public function conditionValid (FormEvent $event)
{
$parcel = $event->getData();
$form = $event->getForm();
if ($parcel->getPickupAddressHistory() > 0)
{
$form->add('pickupAddressNew', new AddressType(), [
'label' => 'form.label.pickupAddress'
]);
}
}
On this method, we check if second field has value and its selected, then recreate the first field without the validation rule, this will bypass the group validation.