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cnaebadi/null-replacer
======================

A Laravel validation rule to remove or replace null fields before validation.

v1.0.0(1y ago)501MITPHPPHP >=8.0

Since May 6Pushed 12mo ago1 watchersCompare

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Null Replacer
=============

[](#null-replacer)

A Laravel validation rule to automatically remove, replace, or convert null values in request data before validation.

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✨ Features
----------

[](#-features)

- Replace `null` values with a **custom value**
- Convert `'true'` and `'false'` strings to actual **boolean** values
- **Remove** null fields entirely from the request
- Can be used **directly in Form Request rules**

---

🚀 Installation
--------------

[](#-installation)

```
composer require cnaebadi/null-replacer
```

---

🧪 Usage
-------

[](#-usage)

⚠️ Note: When using `null_replacer`, you do **not** need to use `nullable`. This rule handles null values entirely on its own and using nullable before it may interfere with its functionality.

In your Laravel Form Request:

---

```
public function rules()
{
    return [
        'optional_note'  => ['null_replacer'], // Removes key if null
        'is_active'      => ['null_replacer:true'], // Converts to boolean true
        'email'          => ['null_replacer:default@example.com'], // Replaces null with given default
    ];
}
```

---

🛠 How It Works
--------------

[](#-how-it-works)

- `null-replacer:true`: `'true'`/`'false'` → `true`/`false`
- `null-replacer:something`: replaces `null` with `"something"`
- `null-replacer (no value)`: removes the key from the request if it's `null`

---

📦 Publish & Extend
----------------------

[](#-publish--extend)

If you want to customize the behavior, you can publish the config (if added later) or extend the core rule logic in your own classes.

---

🧑‍💻 Author
----------

[](#‍-author)

#### Sina Ebadi

[](#sina-ebadi)

---

📄 License
---------

[](#-license)

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

###  Health Score

28

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LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance49

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity6

Limited adoption so far

Community10

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 76.9% 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

373d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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