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drawmyattention/validate-vat-number
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Validate a European VAT number using the EU commission VIES service

1.0.0(9y ago)03.7k1[1 PRs](https://github.com/amochohan/validate-vat-number/pulls)MITPHP

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Validate VAT Number
===================

[](#validate-vat-number)

Validate a European VAT number using the EU commission VIES service.

Installation via Composer
-------------------------

[](#installation-via-composer)

```
"require": {
    "drawmyattention/validate-vat-number" : "1.*"
}

```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Check if a VAT number is valid

[](#check-if-a-vat-number-is-valid)

```
$validator = new ValidateVatNumber();

// True
$validator->validate('GB371057172')->isValid();

// False
$validator->validate('GB123452341678')->isValid();

```

### Get the company name, address and country code

[](#get-the-company-name-address-and-country-code)

```
$validator = new ValidateVatNumber();

$validator->validate('GB371057172');

// Mcdonald's Restaurants Limited
$validator->company();

// Array of the company's address
$validator->address();

// GB
$validator->countryCode();

```

### Get the full response from the api

[](#get-the-full-response-from-the-api)

```
$validator = new ValidateVatNumber();

$validator->validate('GB371057172');

// Full response object from the api
$validator->response();

```

###  Health Score

31

—

LowBetter than 66% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity19

Limited adoption so far

Community8

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

3599d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![amochohan](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2978619?v=4)](https://github.com/amochohan "amochohan (1 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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