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livingstoneco/minimum-spaces
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Laravel validation rule requiring a minimum number of spaces in a field

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Minimum Spaces (Laravel)
========================

[](#minimum-spaces-laravel)

Validation for Laravel 11+ that requires a field to contain at least a given number of space characters (`U+0020`).

The default validation message is:

> We couldn't deliver your message. Please try again with a little more detail.

You can override it per rule or when calling the validator (see below).

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require livingstoneco/minimum-spaces
```

Laravel will register the service provider automatically (package discovery).

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

### Rule object (recommended)

[](#rule-object-recommended)

```
use MinimumSpaces\Rules\MinimumSpaces;

$request->validate([
    'message' => ['required', 'string', new MinimumSpaces(2)],
]);
```

### String rule alias

[](#string-rule-alias)

```
$request->validate([
    'message' => ['required', 'string', 'min_spaces:2'],
]);
```

The numeric parameter is the minimum number of spaces required.

### Custom error message

[](#custom-error-message)

**Rule object** — pass a second argument:

```
new MinimumSpaces(2, 'My custom error message.')
```

**String rule or any validator** — pass a messages array (attribute + snake-case rule name):

```
$request->validate(
    ['message' => ['required', 'string', 'min_spaces:2']],
    ['message.min_spaces' => 'Please add more detail before sending.'],
);

// Or with Validator::make / FormRequest::validateResolved patterns:
Validator::make($data, $rules, [
    'message.min_spaces' => 'Please add more detail before sending.',
]);
```

Testing
-------

[](#testing)

Clone the package and run:

```
composer install
composer test
```

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

42

—

FairBetter than 88% of packages

Maintenance96

Actively maintained with recent releases

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity49

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

4

Last Release

20d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![nlivingstone](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1995501?v=4)](https://github.com/nlivingstone "nlivingstone (4 commits)")

###  Code Quality

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