PHP validator
Simple class used to validate types and values.
License
This project is open source and available under the MIT License.
Author
Requirements
- PHP
^8.0
Installation
composer require bayfrontmedia/php-validator
Usage
Example:
use Bayfront\Validator\Validate;
$string = 'This is a string.';
if (!Validate::empty($string)) {
// Do something
}
Strings:
- empty
- matches
- minLength
- maxLength
- lengthEquals
- lengthBetween
- contains
- startsWith
- endsWith
- url
- ip
- ipv4
- ipv6
- alpha
- numeric
- alphaNumeric
- date
- uuid
- uuidv4
Numbers:
Types:
Other:
empty
Description:
Checks if string is empty.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
matches
Description:
Checks if two strings match.
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$matches(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
minLength
Description:
Checks if string length is greater than or equal to a given length.
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$length(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
maxLength
Description:
Checks if string length is less than or equal to a given length.
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$length(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
lengthEquals
Description:
Checks if string length is equal to a given length.
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$length(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
lengthBetween
Description:
Checks if string length is between min and max length.
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$min(int) -
$max(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
contains
Description:
Checks if string contains case-sensitive needle(s).
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$needles(string|array)
Returns:
- (bool)
Example:
use Bayfront\Validator\Validate;
$string = 'This is a string.';
if (!Validate::contains($string, [
'This',
'is a'
])) {
// Do something
}
startsWith
Description:
Checks if string begins with a given needle.
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$needle(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
endsWith
Description:
Checks if string ends with a given needle.
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$needle(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
Description:
Checks if string validates as email.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
url
Description:
Checks if string validates as a URL.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
ip
Description:
Checks if string validates as an IP address.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
ipv4
Description:
Checks if string validates as an IPv4 address.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
ipv6
Description:
Checks if string validates as an IPv6 address.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
alpha
Description:
Checks if string only contains alpha characters.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
numeric
Description:
Checks if string is numeric.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
alphaNumeric
Description:
Checks if string only contains alphanumeric characters.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
date
Description:
Checks if string is a valid date according to a given format.
See: https://www.php.net/manual/en/datetime.format.php
Parameters:
-
$string(string) -
$format = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
uuid
Description:
Checks if string is a valid UUID.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
uuidv4
Description:
Checks if string is a valid UUIDv4.
Parameters:
-
$string(string)
Returns:
- (bool)
lessThan
Description:
Checks if value is less than a given number.
Parameters:
-
$value(int) -
$compare(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
greaterThan
Description:
Checks if value is greater than a given number.
Parameters:
-
$value(int) -
$compare(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
lessThanOrEqual
Description:
Checks if value is less than or equal to a given number.
Parameters:
-
$value(int) -
$compare(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
greaterThanOrEqual
Description:
Checks if value is greater than or equal to a given number.
Parameters:
-
$value(int) -
$compare(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
equals
Description:
Checks if values are equal.
Parameters:
-
$value(int) -
$compare(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
between
Description:
Checks if value is between given min and max values.
Parameters:
-
$value(int) -
$min(int) -
$max(int)
Returns:
- (bool)
null
Description:
Checks if value is NULL.
Parameters:
-
$value(mixed)
Returns:
- (bool)
integer
Description:
Checks if value is an integer.
Parameters:
-
$value(mixed)
Returns:
- (bool)
float
Description:
Checks if value is a float.
Parameters:
-
$value(mixed)
Returns:
- (bool)
boolean
Description:
Checks if value is a boolean.
Parameters:
-
$value(mixed)
Returns:
- (bool)
object
Description:
Checks if value is an object.
Parameters:
-
$value(mixed)
Returns:
- (bool)
array
Description:
Checks if value is an array.
Parameters:
-
$value(mixed)
Returns:
- (bool)
string
Description:
Checks if value is a string.
Parameters:
-
$value(mixed)
Returns:
- (bool)
json
Description:
Checks if value is a JSON string.
Parameters:
-
$value(mixed)
Returns:
- (bool)
as
Description:
Validate array values against a set of rules.
Multiple rules can be validated against one key by separating them with a pipe (|).
Available rules are:
emptyemailurlipipv4ipv6alphanumericalphanumericuuiduuidv4nullintegerfloatbooleanobjectarraystringjson
Parameters:
-
$array(array): Array to validate -
$rules(array): Array whose keys are the array key to validate in dot notation and values are the rule -
$require_existing = false(bool): Require all array keys to exist
Returns:
- (bool)
Example:
use Bayfront\Validator\Validate;
$array = [
'sku' => 12345,
'type' => 'shirt',
'color' => 'blue',
'sizes' => [
'small' => [
'quantity' => 3,
'price' => 9.99
]
],
'on_sale' => true,
'meta' => [
'tags' => [
'popular',
'sale',
'mens'
]
]
];
$rules = [
'sku' => 'integer',
'type' => 'string|null',
'color' => 'string',
'quantity' => 'integer',
'sizes.small.quantity' => 'integer',
'sizes.small.price' => 'float',
'on_sale' => 'boolean|null',
'meta.tags' => 'array'
];
if (!Validate::as($array, $rules)) {
// Do something
}
