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raoul/php-validator
===================

A simple validator for PHP

V1.1.0(3y ago)0321MITPHP

Since Feb 25Pushed 3y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/RaoulvanWijk/Validator)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/raoul/php-validator)[ RSS](/packages/raoul-php-validator/feed)WikiDiscussions main Synced 1mo ago

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About my PHP Validator
======================

[](#about-my-php-validator)

How to install
--------------

[](#how-to-install)

```
composer require raoul/php-validator
```

Or

```
git clone https://github.com/RaoulvanWijk/Validator.git

```

How to use it?
--------------

[](#how-to-use-it)

To use my validator you can either instantiate the validator class

```
require_once __DIR__ .'/vendor/autoload.php';

use Raoul\Validator\Validator;

$validator = new Validator();
```

or create a new class that extends the base validator class

```
require_once __DIR__ .'/vendor/autoload.php';

use Raoul\Validator\Validator;

Class CustomValidator extends Validator
{
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            // Your rules go here
        ];
    }

    public function messages()
    {
        return [
            // Your custom messages go here
        ];
    }
}

$validator = new CustomValidator();
```

And then call the validate method with the needed data

```
$validator->validate($data);
```

### Specifying the rules

[](#specifying-the-rules)

You have 2 options when specifying the rules when calling the validate method

```
$validator->validate($data, [
  'name' => ['required', 'min:4'],
  'email' => 'required|email'
  ]);
```

or in the rules() method

```
public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'name' => ['required', 'min:4'],
            'email' => 'required|email'
        ];
    }
```

### Specifying custom validation messages

[](#specifying-custom-validation-messages)

### available validation rules

[](#available-validation-rules)

###  Health Score

22

—

LowBetter than 22% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity7

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity46

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 ~9 days

Total

2

Last Release

1169d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/689dc11738f4bf48182a351288ecdc0354cf6559ebb03a9c51bc216a8a96ada0?d=identicon)[RaoulvanWijk](/maintainers/RaoulvanWijk)

---

Top Contributors

[![RaoulvanWijk](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/72564782?v=4)](https://github.com/RaoulvanWijk "RaoulvanWijk (26 commits)")

---

Tags

validatorvalidationvalidation libraryvalidation toolvalidation packagevalidation library for PHPvalidation tool for PHPvalidation package for PHP

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