romeoz/rock-validate

Flexible validator for PHP with I18N.

Validator for PHP

, _(*1)

Features

• Supports large many validation rules (string, number, ctype, file, network)
• Validation of scalar variable and array (attributes())
• Output the list of errors in an associative array
• i18n support
• Hot replacement of placeholders for messages ({{name}} must be valid), as well messages
• Customization of validation rules
• Module for Rock Framework

Bolded features are different from Respect/Validation., _(*2)

Table of Contents

• Installation
• Quick Start
  • Replacement a placeholder
  • i18n
  • As array or object
• Documentation
• Demo
• Requirements

Installation

From the Command Line:, _(*3)

composer require romeoz/rock-validate

In your composer.json:, _(*4)

{
    "require": {
        "romeoz/rock-validate": "*"
    }
}

Quick Start

use rock\validate\Validate;

// Validation length from 10 to 20 characters inclusive + regexp pattern
$v = Validate::length(10, 20, true)->regex('/^[a-z]+$/i');
$v->validate('O’Reilly'); // output: false

$v->getErrors();
/*
output:

[
  'length' => 'value must have a length between 10 and 20',
  'regex' => 'value contains invalid characters'
]
*/

$v->getFirstError();
// output: value must have a length between 10 and 20

Replacement a placeholder

use rock\validate\Validate;

$v = Validate::length(10, 20, true)
            ->regex('/^[a-z]+$/i')
            ->setPlaceholders(['name' => 'username']);
$v->validate('O’Reilly'); // output: false

$v->getErrors();
/*
output:

[
  'length' => 'username must have a length between 10 and 20',
  'regex' => 'username contains invalid characters',
]
*/

i18n

use rock\validate\Validate;

$v = Validate::length(10, 20, true)->regex('/^[a-z]+$/i')->setLocale('ru');
$v->validate('O’Reilly'); // output: false

$v->getErrors();
/*
output:

[
  'length' => 'значение должно иметь длину в диапазоне от 10 до 20',
  'regex' => 'значение содержит неверные символы',
]
*/

As Array or Object

use rock\validate\Validate;

$input = [
    'username' => 'O’Reilly',
    'email' => 'o-reilly@site'
];
$attributes = [
  'username' => Validate::required()
      ->length(10, 20, true)
      ->regex('/^[a-z]+$/i')
      ->setPlaceholders(['name' => 'username']),

  'email' => Validate::required()->email()
];

$v = Validate::attributes($attributes);
$v->validate($input); // output false

$v->getErrors();
/*
output:

[
  'username' => [
    'length' => 'username must have a length between 10 and 20',
    'regex' => 'username contains invalid characters',
  ],
  'email' => [
    'email' => 'email must be valid email',
  ]
]
*/

$attribute = 'email';
$v->getFirstError($attribute);
// output: email must be valid

Documentation

• Rules
• Custom messages, placeholders and templates
• Custom rules

Demo

• Install Docker or askubuntu
• docker run --name demo -d -p 8080:80 romeoz/docker-rock-validate
• Open demo http://localhost:8080/

Requirements

• PHP 5.4+

License

The Rock Validate is open-sourced software licensed under the MIT license., _(*5)