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layliaiyong/former
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Form validate with annotation

v1.0.0(7y ago)013MITPHPPHP >=5.4

Since Jul 17Pushed 7y ago1 watchersCompare

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former
======

[](#former)

Form validate with annotation

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

[](#installation)

Package is available on [Packagist](http://packagist.org/packages/layliaiyong/former), you can install it using [Composer](http://getcomposer.org).

```
composer require layliaiyong/former
```

[PHP](https://php.net) 5.4+

Annotation
----------

[](#annotation)

Property must be protected. Annotation option value must be json string.

Annotation Patterns:

- Former...

End with [https://github.com/Respect/Validation](https://github.com/Respect/Validation "respect/Validation") validator

```
class TestFormer extends Former
{
    /**
     * @FormerNotEmpty {"message":"ID must not be empty"}
     * @FormerIntVal {"message":"ID must be integer"}
     */
    protected $id;
}

$data = new \stdClass();
$validator = new TestFormer();
// pass
$data->id = 1;
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// true
$errors = $validator->errors();// []
// error
$data->id = 'abc';
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// false
$errors = $validator->errors();// ["ID must be integer"]
```

- NotFormer...

End with `respect/Validation` validator

```
class TestFormer extends Former
{
    /**
     * @NotFormerIntVal {"message":"ID must not be integer"}
     */
    protected $id;
}

$data = new \stdClass();
$validator = new TestFormer();
// pass
$data->id = 1;
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// false
$errors = $validator->errors();// ["ID must be integer"]
// error
$data->id = 'abc';
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// true
$errors = $validator->errors();// []
```

- Former

```
class TestFormer extends Former
{
    /**
     * @FormerObjectType {"message":"former must be object"}
     * @Former {"message":"invalid former","former":"\\TestObjectFormer"}
     */
    protected $former;
}
class TestObjectFormer extends Former
{
    /**
     * @FormerNotEmpty {"message":"ID must not be empty"}
     * @FormerIntVal {"message":"ID must be integer"}
     */
    protected $id;
}

$data = new \stdClass();
$former = new \stdClass();
$validator = new TestFormer();
// pass
$former->id = 1;
$data->former = $former;
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// true
$errors = $validator->errors();// []
// error
$former->id = 'abc';
$data->former = $former;
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// false
$errors = $validator->errors();// ["[former]invalid former","[id]ID must be integer"]
```

- Formers

```
class TestFormer extends Former
{
    /**
     * @FormerObjectType {"message":"formers must be object array"}
     * @Former {"message":"invalid formers","former":"\\TestObjectFormer"}
     */
    protected $formers;
}
class TestObjectFormer extends Former
{
    /**
     * @FormerNotEmpty {"message":"ID must not be empty"}
     * @FormerIntVal {"message":"ID must be integer"}
     */
    protected $id;
}

$data = new \stdClass();
$former = new \stdClass();
$validator = new TestFormer();
// pass
$former->id = 1;
$data->formers = [$former];
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// true
$errors = $validator->errors();// []
// error
$former->id = 'abc';
$data->formers = [$former];
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// false
$errors = $validator->errors();// ["[formers]invalid formers","[id]ID must be integer"]
```

- CaseFormer

```
class TestFormer extends Former
{
    /**
     * @CaseFormer [{"message":"invalid case when value is 1","when":"FormerEquals","params":[1],"former":"\\TestCaseFormer"}]
     */
    protected $case;
    protected $case1;
}
class TestCaseFormer extends Former
{
    /**
     * @FormerNotEmpty {"message":"ID must not be empty"}
     * @FormerIntVal {"message":"ID must be integer"}
     */
    protected $case1;
}

$data = new \stdClass();
$validator = new TestFormer();
// pass
$data->case = 1;
$data->case1 = 2;
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// true
$errors = $validator->errors();// []
// error
$data->case = 1;
$data->case1 = 'abc';
$valid = $validator->input($data)->validate();// false
$errors = $validator->errors();// ["[case]invalid case when value is 1","[case1]ID must be integer"]
```

###  Health Score

25

—

LowBetter than 36% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity5

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity57

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 88.9% 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

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

2898d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/34503?v=4)[Lay](/maintainers/Lay)[@lay](https://github.com/lay)

---

Top Contributors

[![aiyongli](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/62636704?v=4)](https://github.com/aiyongli "aiyongli (8 commits)")[![layliaiyong](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/20119813?v=4)](https://github.com/layliaiyong "layliaiyong (1 commits)")

---

Tags

annotationformvalidatevalidateformannotation

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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