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blackbear/validation
====================

validation data

1.0.0(8y ago)2545MITPHP

Since Feb 3Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/luongvancong/validation)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/blackbear/validation)[ RSS](/packages/blackbear-validation/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 3d ago

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Class Validation for php
========================

[](#class-validation-for-php)

Validator
=========

[](#validator)

Validate input value

Installation
============

[](#installation)

```
composer require blackbear/validation

```

Example
=======

[](#example)

```
$data = [
		'age' => 20,
		'email' => 'cong.itsoft@gmail.com'
	];
	$rules = [
		'age' => 'required',
		'email' => 'email|required'
	];
	$messages = [
		'age.required' => 'Please fill age',
		'email.email' => 'Please fill email'
	];

	$validator = new Validator($data, $rules, $messages);

if ($validator->passes()) {
  echo 'Validate successful';
} else {
  echo 'Validate fails'
}

```

Get error messages
==================

[](#get-error-messages)

```
$errors = $validator->getErrors();

```

Add custom rule
===============

[](#add-custom-rule)

```
	$validator->addExtension('bigger', function($attribue, $value) {
		return $value > $attribue[0];
	});

$data = [
		'age' => 20,
		'email' => 'cong.itsoft@gmail.com'
	];
	$rules = [
		'age' => 'required|bigger:18',
		'email' => 'email|required'
	];
	$messages = [
		'age.required' => 'Please fill age',
		'email.email' => 'Please fill email'
	];

$validator = new Validator();
$validator->setData($data)
			    ->setRules($rules)
	        ->setMessages($messages);

if ($validator->passes()) {
  echo 'Validate successful';
} else {
  echo 'Validate fails'
}

```

Public method
=============

[](#public-method)

`setData(array $data)`

`setRules(array $rules)`

`setMessages(array $messages)`

`passes()`

`fails()`

Default rules
=============

[](#default-rules)

`required`

`email`

`exception`

`ip`

`min`: min:20

`max`: max:20

`in_array`: in\_array:1,2,3

`not_in_array`: not\_in\_array:1,2,3

`between`: between:10,100

`regex`: regexp:/^(\[\\d\]+)$/

`url`

`int`

`float`

`double`

`boolean`

`nullable`

`equals`: equals:8

**[Unit test](https://github.com/luongvancong/validation/blob/master/tests/ValidatorTest.php)**

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity63

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3023d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/2cd3cf3ae34d260cf01e9fa6768f6c49125edc17d8000586386c7115873a8f57?d=identicon)[luongvancong](/maintainers/luongvancong)

---

Top Contributors

[![luongvancong](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2561253?v=4)](https://github.com/luongvancong "luongvancong (22 commits)")

---

Tags

validation

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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