Added attributes parameter to CActiveForm::validate().

framework/web/widgets/CActiveForm.php

@@ -489,9 +489,13 @@ public function radioButtonList($model,$attribute,$data,$htmlOptions=array())
 	 * @param mixed a single model instance or an array of models.
 	 * @param boolean whether to load the data from $_POST array in this method.
 	 * If this is true, the model will be populated from <code>$_POST[ModelClass]</code>.
+	 * @param array list of attributes that should be validated. Defaults to null,
+	 * meaning any attribute listed in the applicable validation rules of the models should be
+	 * validated. If this parameter is given as a list of attributes, only
+	 * the listed attributes will be validated.
 	 * @return string the JSON representation of the validation error messages.
 	 */
-	public static function validate($models, $loadInput=true)
+	public static function validate($models, $loadInput=true, $attributes=null)
 	{
 		$result=array();
 		if(!is_array($models))
@@ -500,7 +504,7 @@ public static function validate($models, $loadInput=true)
 		{
 			if($loadInput && isset($_POST[get_class($model)]))
 				$model->attributes=$_POST[get_class($model)];
-			$model->validate();
+			$model->validate($attributes);
 			foreach($model->getErrors() as $attribute=>$errors)
 				$result[CHtml::activeId($model,$attribute)]=$errors;
 		}