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mewtonium/vanguard
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A simple validation library using PHP attributes.

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Vanguard - PHP Attribute-Based Validation Library
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[](#vanguard---php-attribute-based-validation-library)

Caution

🛑 This package is intended for demo purposes only and is **not** suitable for production use. Please do not use it in live or production environments. 🛑

Vanguard is a simple, attribute-based validation library for PHP, providing a clean and easy way to validate data using attributes on class properties.

Features
--------

[](#features)

- Simple attribute-based validation.
- Dependency-free - no external libraries required.
- Supports common validation rules, with more to be added in future.
    - **Comparison and range-based rules** (`Between`, `GreaterOrEqual`, `GreaterThan`, `LessOrEqual`, `LessThan`) also validate strings as dates when applicable.
    - `Equal` can check strings as either a date string, or a standard value.
- Supports for a custom error message on any rule.

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

[](#installation)

```
composer require mewtonium/vanguard
```

Usage
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[](#usage)

Add the `Vanguard` trait to any class, add a few `Rule` attributes to properties and call `validate()` - simple!

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