Drawbacks to Overriding the isValid() function on Zend_Form

Question

I have overriddend the isValid() function for a form, and I was wondering if there are any drawbacks to adding logic there.

Example code:

public function isValid($data)
{
    // conditional requirement of fields

    $isValid = parent::isValid($data);

    if ($isValid) {
        // additional validation
    }

    return $isValid;
}

Answer 1

No, none. But I'd put an if statement around the parent:

$parentIsValid = parent::isValid($data);
if($parentIsValid) {
    //Extra stuff, you may as well only do this if the parent valid function returns true
    //Set isValid var in here
} else $isValid = false;
return $isValid;