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happyr/entity-exists-validation-constraint
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Verify that your entity exists

1.3.0(1y ago)31180.4k—6.3%10[2 PRs](https://github.com/Happyr/entity-exists-validation-constraint/pulls)MITPHPPHP ^8.1

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Symfony validator for Entity Exist
==================================

[](#symfony-validator-for-entity-exist)

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A small validator that verifies that an Entity actually exists. This is especially useful if you use Symfony Messenger component. Now you can safely validate the message and put it on a queue for processing later.

```
namespace App\Message\Command;

use Happyr\Validator\Constraint\EntityExist;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

final class EmailUser
{
    /**
     * @Assert\NotBlank
     * @EntityExist(entity="App\Entity\User")
     *
     * @var int User's id property
     */
    private $user;

    /**
     * @Assert\NotBlank
     * @EntityExist(entity="App\Entity\Other", property="name")
     *
     * @var string The name of "Other". We use its "name" property.
     */
    private $other;

    // ...
```

In case you are using other constraints to validate the property before entity should be checked in the database (like `@Assert\Uuid`) you should use [Group sequence](https://symfony.com/doc/current/validation/sequence_provider.html) in order to avoid 500 errors from Doctrine mapping.

```
namespace App\Message\Command;

use Happyr\Validator\Constraint\EntityExist;
use Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints as Assert;

/**
 * @Assert\GroupSequence({"EmailUser", "DatabaseCall"})
 */
final class EmailUser
{
    /**
     * @Assert\NotBlank
     * @Assert\Uuid
     * @EntityExist(entity="App\Entity\User", groups={"DatabaseCall"}, property="uuid")
     *
     * @var string Uuid
     */
    private $user;

    // ...
```

Install
-------

[](#install)

```
composer require happyr/entity-exists-validation-constraint
```

Then register the services with:

```
# config/packages/happyr_entity_exists_validator.yaml
services:
  Happyr\Validator\Constraint\EntityExistValidator:
    arguments: ['@doctrine.orm.entity_manager']
    tags: [ 'validator.constraint_validator' ]
```

Note
----

[](#note)

The Validator will not produce a violation when value is empty. This means that you should most likely use it in combination with `NotBlank`.

###  Health Score

50

—

FairBetter than 96% of packages

Maintenance47

Moderate activity, may be stable

Popularity46

Moderate usage in the ecosystem

Community16

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity72

Established project with proven stability

 Bus Factor2

2 contributors hold 50%+ of commits

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**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 ~414 days

Recently: every ~463 days

Total

6

Last Release

414d ago

Major Versions

0.2.0 → 1.0.02021-07-15

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1.0.0PHP ^7.2 || ^8.0

1.2.0PHP ^8.1

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