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Flexible PHP Validation Library: Validate values according to flexible rules

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This package can validate values according to flexible rules.

It can take an associative array of values and a set of rules and validate the values to verify if they comply with the rules.

The package can validate the values according to a given list of common rules, as well validate the values with custom rules implemented by external validation classes.

Currently it supports the following common validation rules:

- Required value to be present
- Email address
- Maximum limit number
- Require other values to also be present
- Optional
- Value between a given range of numbers
- Image
- Same value as another
- Confirmed by another
- Numeric value

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Flexible PHP Validation Class

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Provides several different approaches to validate your application's incoming data

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require infinitypaul/php-validator

Basic Usage

<?php
    $validator =  new Validator([
                'full_name' => 'Edward Paul',
                'email' => 'infinitypaul@live.com'
            ]);
    
            $validator->setRules([
                'full_name' => ['required'],
                'email' => ['email']
            ]);
    
            if(!$validator->validate()){
                var_dump($validator->getErrors());
            }else {
                var_dump('Passed');
            }
>

Writing The Validation Logic

We pass the field we intend to validate into the Validator class

new Validator([
                'full_name' => 'Edward Paul',
                'email' => 'infinitypaul@live.com'
            ]);

Validation Rules

we pass the desired validation rules into the setRules() method. Again, if the validation fails, the proper response will save in the ErrorBag. If the validation passes, our validate method returns a true statement.

<?php
        $validator->setRules([
                'full_name' => ['required'],
                'email' => ['required','email']
            ]);

Displaying The Validation Errors

So, what if the incoming parameters do not pass the given validation rules? The errors will be able in the getErrors() method like the above

    $validator->getErrors();

Validation Error Check

You may also use the validate() method to quickly check if validation error messages exist. It returns boolean:

    if(!$validator->validate()){
        //There is an error
        var_dump($validator->getErrors());
    }else {
        //No Error
        var_dump('Passed');
   }

Customizing The Error Key

If you can enter full_name as the key to be validated and required is set, your error message comes out in this format full_name is required You can customize the full_name with the setAliases method.

<?php
$validator->setAliases([
           'full_name' => 'Full Name',
           'email' => 'Email Address'
       ]);

Validating Arrays

Validating array doesn't have to be a pain. You may use "dot notation" to validate attributes within an array. For example, if the incoming request contains an array field, you may validate it like so:

$validator =  new Validator([
           'email' => [
               'infinitypaul@live.com',
               ''
           ]
       ]);

$validator->setRules([
           'email' => [
               'required',
               'email'
           ],
       ]);

You may also validate each element of an array. For example, to validate that each e-mail in a given array input field is unique, you may do the following:

$validator =  new Validator([
           'user' => [
              [
                  'firstName' => ''
              ],
               [
                   'firstName' => 'Paul'
               ]
           ],
       ]);

$validator->setRules([
           'user.*.firstName' => [
               'required'
           ]
       ]);

Custom Validation Rules

You may wish to specify some of your own rules. One method of registering custom validation rules is extending the Rule Class

Once the custom rule class has been created, we are ready to define its behavior. A rule object contains two methods: passes and message. The passes method receives the field, value, and data, and should return true or false depending on whether the value is valid or not. The message method should return the validation error message that should be used when validation fails:

use Infinitypaul\Validator\Rules\Rule;

class Uppercase extends Rule
{
//Determine if the validation rule passes
 public function passes($field, $value, $data): bool
    {
       return strtoupper($value) === $value;
    }
//Get the validation error message.
public function message($field): string
    {
        return $field.' Must Be Uppercase';
    }


}

Once the rule has been defined, you may attach it to a validator by passing an instance of the rule object with your other validation rules:

$validator =  new Validator([
           'name' => 'Edward Paul',
       ]);

$validator->setRules([
           'name' => [
               new Uppercase(),
               'max:5'

           ]
       ]);

Available Validation Rules

Below is a list of all available validation rules and their function

Required :

The field under validation must be present in the input data and not empty.

Email :

The field under validation must be formatted as an e-mail address

Max :

The field under validation must be less than or equal to a maximum value

max:20
RequiredWith :

The field under validation must be present and not empty only if all of the other specified fields are present.

  required_with:lastName,middle

Between :

The field under validation must have a size between the given min and max

between:10,20

Optional :

The field under validation may be null. This is particularly useful when validating primitive such as strings and integers that can contain null values.

optional

Image :

The file under validation must be an image (jpeg, png, bmp, gif, svg, or webp), the image tmp_name is what you need to pass to the validator

$validator =  new Validator([
           'picture' => $_FILES['image']['tmp_name'],
       ]);

$validator->setRules([
        'picture' => 'image'
]);
Same :

The given field must match the field under validation.

same:captha
Confirmed :

The field under validation must have a matching field of foo_confirmation. For example, if the field under validation is password, a matching password_confirmation field must be present in the input.

Numeric :

The field under validation must be numeric.

Note

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Changelog

Please see CHANGELOG for more information what has changed recently.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Bug & Features

If you have spotted any bugs, or would like to request additional features from the library, please file an issue via the Issue Tracker on the project's Github page: https://github.com/infinitypaul/php-validator/issues.

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.


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