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citco/validator
===============

Laravel Validator Extension

v1.0.0(11y ago)3260PHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Aug 3Pushed 6y ago5 watchersCompare

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Citco Validator : Extend Laravel's Validator for better control over emails
===========================================================================

[](#citco-validator--extend-laravels-validator-for-better-control-over-emails)

Citco Validator is developed by [Creative Investments Technologies](http://creativeinvestments.co.uk) as an extension to Mailer package provided by [Laravel framework](http://www.laravel.com)

About
-----

[](#about)

Citco Validator adds the ability to identify aliased email addresses (which use '+' sign for aliasing)

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

[](#installation)

### Composer

[](#composer)

From the Command Line:

```
composer require citco/validator:dev-master

```

In your `composer.json`:

```
{
    "require": {
        "citco/validator": "dev-master"
    }
}
```

After updating composer, add the ValidatorServiceProvider to the providers array in app/config/app.php

```
'Citco\Mailer\ValidatorServiceProvider',

```

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

After installation, Citco Validator replaces Laravel's Validator and adds extra validation functionality to your code.

License
-------

[](#license)

Citco Validator is open-sourced software licensed under [the MIT license](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)

Copyright [Creative Investments Technologies](http://creativeinvestments.co.uk)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 59% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community12

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity60

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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

Every ~140 days

Total

3

Last Release

4025d ago

PHP version history (2 changes)1.0.0.x-devPHP >=5.3.0

1.1.0.x-devPHP >=5.4.0

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/3e40967143f1416bcd47a9c7c10d2e38652e8031c4d5de75fe165aad208fa096?d=identicon)[kaizotech](/maintainers/kaizotech)

---

Top Contributors

[![ammont](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2066482?v=4)](https://github.com/ammont "ammont (4 commits)")[![nimamo](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1217593?v=4)](https://github.com/nimamo "nimamo (3 commits)")[![misagh](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/11710339?v=4)](https://github.com/misagh "misagh (2 commits)")

### Embed Badge

![Health badge](/badges/citco-validator/health.svg)

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