Controller_Validator_Abstract::is PHP Метод

    public function is()
    {
        $args = func_get_args();
        // If only first argument is specified, then it's array of rulesets.
        // We will call ourselves with every element.
        if (count($args) == 1 && is_array($args[0])) {
            foreach ($args[0] as $ruleset) {
                // $ruleset here is either array or string with pipes
                if (!is_array($ruleset)) {
                    $ruleset = array($ruleset);
                }
                call_user_func_array(array($this, 'is'), $ruleset);
            }
            return $this;
        }
        // If ruleset is specified as a string, we need to expand it
        // into an array.
        if (count($args) == 1) {
            list($field_definition, $rules) = $this->normalizeRules($args[0]);
        } else {
            $rules = $args;
            $field_definition = array_shift($rules);
        }
        // Convert field defintion into list of fields
        $fields = $this->expandFieldDefinition($field_definition, $rules);
        // Save rules for each field
        foreach ($fields as $field) {
            $this->rules[$field][] = $rules;
        }
        return $this;
    }