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bolivir/vat
===========

A package for validating EU VAT numbers, checking their format and existence.

v1.0.0(3y ago)09[1 issues](https://github.com/bolivir/vat/issues)[2 PRs](https://github.com/bolivir/vat/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.1

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VAT
===

[](#vat)

A package for validating EU VAT numbers, checking their format and existence.

List of available clients
-------------------------

[](#list-of-available-clients)

- ✔ VIES

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

[](#installation)

This package can be installed via composer:

```
$ composer require bolivir/vat
```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

### Validate the format

[](#validate-the-format)

The method `validateFormat` will check the format for a given VAT number. It will not check the existence!
Example:

```
$VAT = new \Bolivir\Vat\Vat();
$response = $VAT->validateFormat('FR12345678901');
```

Calling the `validateFormat` method will return a `VatFormatValidationResponse`

```
Bolivir\Vat\VatFormatValidationResponse {
-countryCode: string
-vatNumber: string
-valid: boolean
}
```

### Validate the existence

[](#validate-the-existence)

The method `validate` will check the vat number for real existence, it will check it by the VIES service
Example:

```
$VAT = new \Bolivir\Vat\Vat();
echo $VAT->validate('FR12345678901');
```

Calling the `validate` method will return a `VatValidationResponse`

```
Bolivir\Vat\VatValidationResponse {
-countryCode: string
-vatNumber: string
-requestDate: string
-valid: boolean
-name: string
-address: string
}
```

Change log
==========

[](#change-log)

Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has been changed recently.

Security
========

[](#security)

If you discover any security related issues, please email  instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits
=======

[](#credits)

- [Bolivir](https://github.com/bolivir)
- [All Contributors](https://github.com/bolivir/vat/graphs/contributors)

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 35% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity58

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 71.9% 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

1256d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15746633?v=4)[Ricardo Mosselman](/maintainers/Bolivir)[@bolivir](https://github.com/bolivir)

---

Top Contributors

[![bolivir](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/15746633?v=4)](https://github.com/bolivir "bolivir (23 commits)")[![dependabot[bot]](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/in/29110?v=4)](https://github.com/dependabot[bot] "dependabot[bot] (9 commits)")

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Tags

vieseu vatvat validation

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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