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jcaillot/laminas-before-validator
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Laminas Validator; Let you compare two date strings

v1.1(4y ago)06MITPHPPHP ^7.4 || ~8.0.0

Since Oct 12Pushed 4y ago1 watchersCompare

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jcaillot/laminas-before-validator
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[](#jcaillotlaminas-before-validator)

### Date Before validator for the Laminas framework

[](#date-before-validator-for-the-laminas-framework)

> Laminas\\Validator\\GreaterThan supports only the validation of numbers. This simple custom Validator, will let you compare two date strings.

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

`composer require jcaillot/laminas-before-validator`

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

The validator needs to know the name of the other date field for comparison. It needs to know the input date format. Here are the three required options:

- *second\_date\_field* (default to endDate): The name the second date field.
- *date\_format* (default to Y-m-d H:i:s): the string format for the two dates.
- *strict* (default to false): will allow two identical dates to validate.

Add Validator as usual in your fieldset:

```
    use Laminas\Form\Fieldset;
    use Laminas\InputFilter\InputFilterProviderInterface;
    use Chaman\Validator\BeforeValidator;

    class DemoFieldset extends Fieldset implements InputFilterProviderInterface
    {

       ...

       public function getInputFilterSpecification(): array
        {
            return [
                // date1
                'date1' => [
                    'required' => true,
                    'filters' => [
                        ['name' => 'StringTrim'],
                        ['name' => 'StripTags'],
                    ],
                    'validators' => [
                        [
                            'name' => 'NotEmpty',
                            'break_chain_on_failure' => true
                        ],
                        [
                            'name' => BeforeValidator::class,
                            'options' => [
                                'second_date_field' => 'date2',
                                'date_format'       => 'Y-m-d',
                                'strict'            => true,
                                'messages' => [
                                    BeforeValidator::NOT_BEFORE => '"%value%" should be before the second date.',
                                    BeforeValidator::NOT_A_VALID_DATE => '"%value%" is not a valid date.',
                                ],
                            ]
                        ]
                    ],
                ],
                // date2
                'date2' => [
                    'required' => true,
                    'filters' => [
                        ['name' => 'StringTrim'],
                        ['name' => 'StripTags'],
                    ],
                    'validators' => [
                        [
                            'name' => 'NotEmpty',
                            'break_chain_on_failure' => true
                        ],
                    ],
                ],
            ];

        }

        ...
```

License
-------

[](#license)

[MIT](https://choosealicense.com/licenses/mit/)

###  Health Score

24

—

LowBetter than 32% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity4

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity56

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.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

1674d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

[![jcaillot](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/22201753?v=4)](https://github.com/jcaillot "jcaillot (3 commits)")

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Tags

laminasvalidatordate

###  Code Quality

Static AnalysisPHPStan

Code StylePHP CS Fixer

Type Coverage Yes

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