hampel/validate-laravel

Extends the Laravel validation service with additional rules

Additional Laravel Validation Rules

Custom Validators for Laravel, _(*1)

By Simon Hampel., _(*2)

Installation

The recommended way of installing this validation library is through Composer:, _(*3)

Require the package via Composer in your composer.json, _(*4)

{
    "require": {
        "hampel/validate-laravel": "~2.1"
    }
}

Run Composer to update the new requirement., _(*5)

$ composer update

The package is built to work with the Laravel Framework., _(*6)

Open your Laravel config file config/app.php and add the service provider in the $providers array:, _(*7)

"providers" => array(

    ...

    "Hampel\Validate\Laravel\ValidateServiceProvider"

),

Notes

Version 2.0 of this library removes several rules previously available:, _(*8)

unique_or_zero and exists_or_zero have been removed as they were deemed to be of little value, _(*9)

domain, domain_in, tld and tld_in have been moved to a new package hampel/tlds., _(*10)

The getTlds helper function has also been removed and you should install the hampel/tlds package to gain access to all new functions for retrieving an up-to-date list of all valid TLDs directly from IANA or other sources., _(*11)

Usage

This package adds additional validators for Laravel - refer to Laravel Documentation - Validation for general usage instructions., _(*12)

bool, _(*13)

The field under validation must be the equivalent of a "boolean" (either true or false) in a variety of forms. Acceptable values include: "1", "true", "on" and "yes", "0", "false", "off", "no", "", and NULL, _(*14)

ipv4_public, _(*15)

The field under validation must be a public IPv4 address - ie. not in the "private" or "reserved" ranges., _(*16)

ipv6_public, _(*17)

The field under validation must be a public IPv6 address - ie. not in the "private" or "reserved" ranges., _(*18)

ip_public, _(*19)

The field under validation must be a public IPv4 or IPv6 address - ie. not in the "private" or "reserved" ranges., _(*20)

uploaded_file, _(*21)

The field under validation must be an uploaded file of type Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\File\UploadedFile, as returned from Input::file(). The file upload must also be valid, that is, the upload must have succeeded with an error return of UPLOAD_ERR_OK (see File Upload Error Messages Explained for more details on file upload errors), _(*22)