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ricardonavarrom/vatin-validator
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A PHP library for for validating VAT identification numbers (VATINs).

1.1.2(9y ago)2641MITPHP

Since Sep 25Pushed 9y ago1 watchersCompare

[ Source](https://github.com/ricardonavarrom/VATINValidator)[ Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ricardonavarrom/vatin-validator)[ Docs](https://github.com/ricardonavarrom/VATINValidator)[ RSS](/packages/ricardonavarrom-vatin-validator/feed)WikiDiscussions master Synced 1mo ago

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VATINValidator
==============

[](#vatinvalidator)

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A PHP library for for validating VAT identification numbers (VATINs).

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

[](#installation)

This library is available on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/ricardonavarrom/vatin-validator).

You can install this library using composer

```
$ composer require ricardonavarrom/vatin-validator
```

or add the package to your composer.json file directly.

Basic usage
-----------

[](#basic-usage)

This library provides multiple located validators (view availables locales section).

```
$vatin = '56475114V';
$locatedValidator = new VATINValidatorES();
$vatinIsValid = $locatedValidator->validate($vatin);
```

Some located validators provides specials validations methods for its country.

```
$nif = '75096482X';
$nie = 'Z4503838Y';
$cif = 'A83472787';
$locatedValidator = new VATINValidatorES();
$nifIsValid = $locatedValidator->validateNIF($nif);
$nieIsValid = $locatedValidator->validateNIE($nie);
$cifIsValid = $locatedValidator->validateCIF($cif);
```

Availables locales
------------------

[](#availables-locales)

LocaleCountryLocal name**es**SpainNúmero de Identificación Fiscal (for freelancers or singular persons), Número de Identidad de Extranjero (for foreigners) or Código de Identificación Fiscal (for companies)**pt**PortugalNúmero de identificação fiscal (for freelancers or singular persons) or Número de Identificação de Pessoa Colectiva (for companies)*We are working to implement more availables locales.*

###  Health Score

29

—

LowBetter than 60% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity11

Limited adoption so far

Community9

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity66

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 ~6 days

Total

4

Last Release

3494d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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Top Contributors

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Tags

phpvalidationvatPHP Libraryvat validationvat identification numbers

###  Code Quality

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