skip the validation of parentId on deletion

Author: nrob81

controllers/DefaultController.php

@@ -131,6 +131,7 @@ public function actionCreate($entity)
     public function actionDelete($id)
     {
         $commentModel = $this->findModel($id);
+        $commentModel->setScenario(CommentModel::SCENARIO_MODERATION);
         $event = Yii::createObject(['class' => CommentEvent::class, 'commentModel' => $commentModel]);
         $this->trigger(self::EVENT_BEFORE_DELETE, $event);
 

models/CommentModel.php

@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ class CommentModel extends ActiveRecord
 {
     use ModuleTrait;
 
+    const SCENARIO_MODERATION = 'moderation';
+
     /**
      * @var null|array|ActiveRecord[] comment children
      */
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ public function rules()
             ['status', 'default', 'value' => Status::APPROVED],
             ['status', 'in', 'range' => Status::getConstantsByName()],
             ['level', 'default', 'value' => 1],
-            ['parentId', 'validateParentID'],
+            ['parentId', 'validateParentID', 'except'=>static::SCENARIO_MODERATION],
             [['entityId', 'parentId', 'status', 'level'], 'integer'],
         ];
     }