validateAttribute() public method

public validateAttribute ( $model, $attribute )
 /**
  * Validates the attribute using the "exist" validator
  * @param \yii\base\Model $model the data model to be validated
  * @param string $attribute the name of the attribute to be validated.
  */
 private function validateExist($model, $attribute)
 {
     if ($this->targetClass === null) {
         throw new InvalidConfigException('The "targetClass" property must be set.');
     }
     if (!is_string($this->targetAttribute)) {
         throw new InvalidConfigException('The "targetAttribute" property must be configured as a string.');
     }
     $validator = new ExistValidator();
     $validator->targetClass = $this->targetClass;
     $validator->targetAttribute = $this->targetAttribute;
     $validator->validateAttribute($model, $attribute);
 }
 public function testValidateCompositeKeys()
 {
     $val = new ExistValidator(['targetClass' => OrderItem::className(), 'targetAttribute' => ['order_id', 'item_id']]);
     // validate old record
     $m = OrderItem::findOne(['order_id' => 1, 'item_id' => 2]);
     $val->validateAttribute($m, 'order_id');
     $this->assertFalse($m->hasErrors('order_id'));
     // validate new record
     $m = new OrderItem(['order_id' => 1, 'item_id' => 2]);
     $val->validateAttribute($m, 'order_id');
     $this->assertFalse($m->hasErrors('order_id'));
     $m = new OrderItem(['order_id' => 10, 'item_id' => 2]);
     $val->validateAttribute($m, 'order_id');
     $this->assertTrue($m->hasErrors('order_id'));
     $val = new ExistValidator(['targetClass' => OrderItem::className(), 'targetAttribute' => ['id' => 'order_id']]);
     // validate old record
     $m = Order::findOne(1);
     $val->validateAttribute($m, 'id');
     $this->assertFalse($m->hasErrors('id'));
     $m = Order::findOne(1);
     $m->id = 10;
     $val->validateAttribute($m, 'id');
     $this->assertTrue($m->hasErrors('id'));
     $m = new Order(['id' => 1]);
     $val->validateAttribute($m, 'id');
     $this->assertFalse($m->hasErrors('id'));
     $m = new Order(['id' => 10]);
     $val->validateAttribute($m, 'id');
     $this->assertTrue($m->hasErrors('id'));
 }