symfony · dwgebler · Jun 15, 2023 · Jun 15, 2023 · Jun 15, 2023 · Jun 15, 2023
diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 CHANGELOG
 =========

+6.4
+---
+
+ * Add the special group name `*` which can be passed to `ValidatorInterface::validate()` to validate all constraints, regardless of their group.
+
 6.3
 ---


diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/GenericMetadata.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Mapping/GenericMetadata.php
@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ public function hasConstraints(): bool
     */
    public function findConstraints(string $group): array
    {
+        if ('*' === $group) {
+            $constraints = [];
+            foreach ($this->constraintsByGroup as $groupConstraints) {
+                $constraints = array_merge($constraints, $groupConstraints);
+            }
+
+            return $constraints;
+        }
+
        return $this->constraintsByGroup[$group] ?? [];
    }


diff --git a/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Validator/RecursiveValidatorTest.php b/src/Symfony/Component/Validator/Tests/Validator/RecursiveValidatorTest.php
@@ -1114,6 +1114,32 @@ public function testValidateMultipleGroups()
        $this->assertCount(2, $violations);
    }

+    public function testValidateAllGroups()
+    {
+        $entity = new Entity();
+
+        $callback = function ($value, ExecutionContextInterface $context) {
+            $context->addViolation('Message');
+        };
+
+        $this->metadata->addConstraint(new Callback([
+            'callback' => $callback,
+            'groups' => 'Group 1',
+        ]));
+        $this->metadata->addConstraint(new Callback([
+            'callback' => $callback,
+            'groups' => 'Group 2',
+        ]));
+        $this->metadata->addConstraint(new Callback([
+            'callback' => $callback,
+        ]));
+
+        $violations = $this->validate($entity, null, '*');
+
+        /* @var ConstraintViolationInterface[] $violations */
+        $this->assertCount(3, $violations);
+    }
+
    public function testReplaceDefaultGroupByGroupSequenceObject()
    {
        $entity = new Entity();
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@@ -204,6 +204,15 @@ public function hasConstraints(): bool
          */
         public function findConstraints(string $group): array
         {
+            if ('*' === $group) {
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      To work with BC break, you can deprecate the use of * as a group name in 7.4 and throw an exception in this case in 8.0. You can then use this special group name in 8.1 (in 1 year).
    
  
  


    

        
      
  
  
    
  
  
  
    
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+                $constraints = [];
+                foreach ($this->constraintsByGroup as $groupConstraints) {
+                    $constraints = array_merge($constraints, $groupConstraints);
+                }
+                return $constraints;
+            }
             return $this->constraintsByGroup[$group] ?? [];
         }
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