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toxicdigital/vat-validator
==========================

Validate a VAT number against the official European Commission VIES VAT number validation SOAP service.

v1.1-stable(8y ago)217MITPHPPHP >=7.0.0

Since Feb 18Pushed 8y ago2 watchersCompare

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VAT validator
=============

[](#vat-validator)

Validate a VAT number against the official European Commission VIES VAT number validation SOAP service.

Prerequisites
-------------

[](#prerequisites)

1. PHP version 7 and above.
2. php7.x-soap extension

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

[](#how-to-install)

```
composer require "toxicdigital/vat-validator"
```

How to use
----------

[](#how-to-use)

```
use Toxic\Validator\Vat as VatValidator;

$validator = VatValidator::getInstance();

//Returns true or false
$validator->isValid("XY123456789");

//If VAT number is valid, company info is available
$validator->getCompany();

/*
 * Toxic\Validator\Vat\Company Object
 * (
 *   [name] => John Doe
 *   [address] => 123 Main St, Anytown, UK
 *   [vatNumber] => 100
 *   [countryCode] => GB
 *   [valid] => true
 * )
 */

```

###  Health Score

26

—

LowBetter than 43% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity9

Limited adoption so far

Community6

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

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

2

Last Release

3006d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/257967eb2ce022234d161c4268569c7a0441c19fffe7e71af84b18e7959f773a?d=identicon)[vmanchev](/maintainers/vmanchev)

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/b2fa5ed561e0cc111f3492faa0256ad0c3bd480a3c66dd84cb88afa95a19fb8c?d=identicon)[toxicdigital](/maintainers/toxicdigital)

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