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alleyinteractive/laminas-validator-extensions
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Additional validation classes for the laminas-validator framework.

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Laminas Validator Extensions
============================

[](#laminas-validator-extensions)

This package provides additional validation classes for [the Laminas Validator framework](https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-validator/), plus a custom base validation class.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

Install the latest version with:

```
$ composer require alleyinteractive/laminas-validator-extensions
```

Basic usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

For more information about what validators do, how to use them, and how to write your own, [visit the Laminas documentation](https://docs.laminas.dev/laminas-validator/).

Base validators
---------------

[](#base-validators)

### `ExtendedAbstractValidator`

[](#extendedabstractvalidator)

The abstract `Alley\Validator\ExtendedAbstractValidator` class standardizes the implementation of custom validators with `\Laminas\Validator\AbstractValidator`.

When extending `ExtendedAbstractValidator`, validation logic goes into a new `testValue()` method, which is responsible only for applying the logic and adding any validation errors. It's no longer necessary to call `setValue()` prior to evaluating the input, and `isValid()` will return `true` if there are no error messages after evaluating the input and `false` if there are any messages.

Before:

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