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icanboogie/validate
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Validate data against a set of rules

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Validate
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The **icanboogie/validate** package offers a simple API to validate data.

The following validators are available:

- Flags

    - [Required](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Required.html), `required`: States that a value is required. Should be specified first.
- Generic

    - [Blank](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Blank.html), `blank`: Validates that a value is blank.
    - [NotBlank](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.NotBlank.html), `not-blank`: Validates that a value is blank.
- Type comparison

    - [Boolean](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Boolean.html), `boolean`: Validates that a value is a boolean.
    - [IsFalse](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.IsFalse.html), `is-false`: Validates that a value is false.
    - [IsNull](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.IsNull.html), `is-null`: Validates that a value is `null`.
    - [NotNull](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.NotNull.html), `not-null`: Validates that a value is not `null`.
    - [IsTrue](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.IsTrue.html), `is-true`: Validates that a value is true.
    - [Type](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Type.html), `type`: Validates that a value is of a specified type.
- Reference comparison

    - [Equal](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Equal.html), `equal`: Validates that two values are equal.
    - [NotEqual](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.NotEqual.html), `not-equal`: Validates that two values are not equal.
    - [Identical](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Identical.html), `identical`: Validates that two values are identical.
    - [NotIdentical](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.NotIdentical.html), `not-identical`: Validates that two values are not identical.
    - [Max](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Max.html), `max`: Validates that a value has a maximum value.
    - [MaxLength](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.MaxLength.html), `max-length`: Validates that a value has a maximum length.
    - [Min](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Min.html), `min`: Validates that a value has a minimum value.
    - [MinLength](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.MinLength.html), `min-length`: Validates that a value has a minimum length.
- Range comparison

    - [Between](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Between.html), `between`: Validates that a value is between two references.
    - [NotBetween](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.NotBetween.html), `not-between`: Validates that a value is not between two references.
    - [BetweenLength](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.BetweenLength.html), `between-length`: Validates that a string length is between two references.
    - [NotBetweenLength](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.NotBetweenLength.html), `not-between-length`: Validates that a string length is not between two references.
- String comparison

    - [Email](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Email.html), `email`: Validates that a value is a valid email.
    - [JSON](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.JSON.html), `json`: Validates that a value is a valid JSON.
    - [Regex](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.Regex.html), `regex`: Validates that a value matches or not a pattern.
    - [TimeZone](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.TimeZone.html), `timezone`: Validates that a value is a valid time zone.
    - [URL](https://icanboogie.org/api/validate/master/class-ICanBoogie.Validate.Validator.URL.html), `url`: Validates that a value is a valid URL.

The following example demonstrates how data may be validated:

```