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lbdawkes/request-helper
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Provides helper methods for PHP request validation

1.0.2(8y ago)060MITPHPPHP >=5.3.0

Since Oct 27Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Provides Laravel-like request validation without all the overhead.

> **Note:** More rules are still yet to be added

Basic Usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

```
	// Ruleset with key matching request parameter and value matching rules
	$rules = [
    	"name" 		=> "required|string",
        "age" 		=> "numeric",
        "consent" 	=> "required_without:age"
    ];

    // Aliases for request parameters with special characters
    $aliases = [
    	"name" => "Full Name"
    ];

    // Will either be true for success, or an array of error messages
    $result = RequestHelper::validatePost($rules, $aliases);
```

Available Methods
-----------------

[](#available-methods)

MethodPurpose**validateGet**Validates GET parameters**validatePost**Validates POST parametersAvailable Rules
---------------

[](#available-rules)

NameBehaviourExample**required***A required parameter*`"name" => "required`**required\_without**:*parameter**Parameter is only required when another is missing*`"age" => "required_without:consent"`**null***Checks that parameter is null*`"human_check_hidden" => "null"`**string***Checks parameter only contains alphanumeric characters*`"message" => "string"`**bool***Checks parameter is a valid boolean value*`"terms" => "bool"`**email***Checks parameter is a valid email*`"email" => "required|email"`**decimal***Checks parameter is a valid decimal number*`"result" => "decimal"`**phone***Checks parameter is a valid phone number*`"phone_no" => "phone"`**array***Checks parameter is a valid array*`"choices" => "required|array"`**same\_as**:*parameter**Checks that parameter is the same as another*`"password_check" => "password"`

###  Health Score

27

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LowBetter than 49% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity8

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity62

Established project with proven stability

 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

3

Last Release

3117d ago

### Community

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