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jord-jd/laravel-malware-validation-rule
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Scans uploaded files for viruses and other malware

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Laravel Malware Validation Rule
===============================

[](#laravel-malware-validation-rule)

The Laravel Malware Validation Rule package provides a validation rule that scans uploaded files for viruses and other malware.

Supports Laravel 5.1 through 13 and PHP 7.2 through current releases.

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

[](#installation)

To install the Laravel Malware Validation Rule package, run the following command

```
composer require jord-jd/laravel-malware-validation-rule
```

This package makes use of the ClamAV daemon to perform virus/malware scanning. You can install ClamAV in Ubuntu/Debian with the following command.

```
sudo apt install clamav-daemon
```

Your ClamAV installation should automatically update virus defintions. However, you can update your ClamAV virus definitions manually using the `freshclam` command. It is recommended to restart the ClamAV daemon after the virus definitions have been updated to ensure they take effect.

```
sudo freshclam
sudo service clamav-daemon restart
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

See the following basic usage example, which demonstrates how to validate a basic file upload does not contain contain a known virus/malware.

```
use \JordJD\LaravelMalwareValidationRule\Rules\Malware;

// ...

public function rules()
{
    return [
        'my_file' => ['required', 'file', new Malware()],
    ];
}
```

For non-default ClamAV installations, inject a configured scanner. Unix sockets and TCP socket URIs are supported by the underlying client:

```
use JordJD\LaravelMalwareValidationRule\Scanner;

$scanner = new Scanner('tcp://clamav.internal:3310', 10);
$rule = new Malware(true, $scanner);
```

Connection, daemon, and unreadable-file failures are normalised to `MalwareScanFailedException`; applications can report or retry these separately from an infected-file validation failure.

By default the validation rule message will include the name of the detected virus/malware. If you do not wish the malware name to be shown in the validation message you can turn this off as shown below.

```
public function rules()
{
    $showMalwareName = false;

    return [
        'my_file' => ['required', 'file', new Malware($showMalwareName)],
    ];
}
```

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance94

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity54

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 ~1158 days

Total

3

Last Release

30d ago

Major Versions

v1.0.0 → v2.0.02026-02-14

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/c580cdf7c14898fff179cdfc1085892091d5d2f49d917873a12365af9ac77c93?d=identicon)[Jord-JD](/maintainers/Jord-JD)

---

Top Contributors

[![Jord-JD](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/650645?v=4)](https://github.com/Jord-JD "Jord-JD (31 commits)")

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Tags

laravel-packagemalwarephp-libraryvalidationvirus

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