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Basic form validation in PHP Edit

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FormValidate
============

[](#formvalidate)

Basic form validation in PHP

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

1. Include the class located in `FormValidate/Form.class.php` wherever you need the PHP form validator.
2. Create the rules array for your existing form:

```
$rules = [];
$rules["input_name"] = [
    "required" => true,
    "minlength" => 3,
    "maxlength" => 100,
    "alphabetical" => true,
    "label" => "name",
    ];
```

Existing rule keys are:

- `required` *boolean* - If set to true, the field must not be empty when submitting the form
- `empty` *boolean* - If set to true, the field must be empty when submitting the form
- `minlength` *integer* - Sets a minimal length for the field value
- `maxlength` *integer* - Sets a maximal length for the field value
- `alphabetical` *boolean* - If set to true, the field must only include alpabetical letters (a-z or A-Z), have a minimal length of 2 and may contain spaces
- `number` *boolean* - If set to true, the field value must be numeric
- `email` *boolean* - If set to true, the field value must match an email address. `FILTER_VALIDATE_EMAIL` is used for validation
- `phone` *boolean* - If set to true, the field value must match a phone number with a length between 3 to 18 characters. The characters can include a `+` in the beginning `-`, `space` or parantheses (`(` and `)`).
- `label` *string* - Sets the label contained in the error message

3. Initialize the form validator with the `$_POST` data and the created rules:

```
use FormValidate\Form;
$Form = new Form($_POST, $rules);
```

4. `$Form->validate()` returns `true` if the validation has been successfully done. If errors occur during the validation, `$Form->getErrors()` will return an `array` with at least one entry.

###  Health Score

21

—

LowBetter than 19% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 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.

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/d3a75d03e3eedd897ceb53632aa4ca09eaeeb8a63257289c38e1a31656696350?d=identicon)[webfashionist](/maintainers/webfashionist)

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Top Contributors

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