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keevitaja/rulez
===============

User input validation

14234PHP

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Rulez - Validation for Laravel
==============================

[](#rulez---validation-for-laravel)

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Rulez provides easy way for setting up input validation rules and validation service. You can add all your rules from one place and later use a facade to validate input.

Rulez can set sepparate rule for create and update methods. Handy when there's a unique field.

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

[](#installation)

Require keevitaja/rulez with composer

`composer require keevitaja/rulez:dev-master`

Add service provider and alias to `app/config/app.php`

```
'providers' => array(

    'Keevitaja\Rulez\RulezServiceProvider',

),
```

```
'aliases' => array(

    'Rulez'           => 'Keevitaja\Rulez\RulezFacade'

),
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

Validation rules can be set up in various places, like routes.php, but probably best way would be to create `app/rules.php` file and require it in the `app/start/global.php`.

```
require app_path().'/rules.php';
```

### Setting the input validation rules

[](#setting-the-input-validation-rules)

Rules can be set sepparately for creation and update. Base rules will apply for both. In the example below, `users` is the name for the rule set, which can be used later in the controller.

```
Rulez::register('users', function($rulez)
{
    $rulez->addBase([
        'first_name' => 'required|min:2',
        'last_name' => 'required|min:2',
        'password' => 'required|min:6'
    ]);

    $rulez->addCreate([
        'email' => 'required|unique:users|email'
    ]);

    $rulez->addUpdate([
        'email' => 'required|unique:users,email,%s|email'
    ]);
});
```

If you do not need sepparate rules for create and update, then just use base rules.

### Validating the input

[](#validating-the-input)

`Rulez::validateBase($name, $input)`

Validates base rules.

`Rulez::validateCreate($name, $input)`

Merges create and base rules and validates.

`Rulez::validateUpdate($name, $input, $exclude = false)`

Merges update and base rules, sets the row id for case there's a unique column and validates.

`'users'` is the name used with the rule registration in `app/rules.php`.

See the example below:

```
$input = Input::all();

if (Rulez::validateUpdate('users', $input, $id))
{
    // all ok, lets do the update and redirect
}

// something does not validate, send user back with errors and input

return Redirect::back()->withErrors(Rulez::validationErrors())->withInput();
```

If you like this
----------------

[](#if-you-like-this)

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###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 27% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity16

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

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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.

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Maintainers

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