README

This is a simple PHP library for dynamic form validation. It was written with my own needs in mind, it may not be the best library but it does the job for me.

Installation

Install the package via composer using :

composer require --prefer-dist bipaulie/dynamic-form-validation

Usage

First you should get an instance for the validator, pass it the rules array and data to be validated.

$rules = ['/input_name_([0-9]+)/i' => 'filter_name'];

$validator = new Validator();
$validator->setRules($rules)->setRequest($request);

try {
    if ( $validator->run() ) {
        echo "Validation successful.";
    } else {
        echo "Validation failed.";
    }
} catch ( \Exception $e ) {
    echo $e->getMessage();
}

Available filters

String validation

The "string" filter validates strings of characters containging : letters, numbers, spaces, dots and hyphens.

Date validation

The "date" filter validates dates of the follwing formats :

* d/m/Y
* m/d/Y
* d/m/y
* m/d/y

Email validation

The "email" filter validates email addresses

Numeric validation

The "numerical" filter validates numerical values such as integers and floats

Password validation

The "password" filter validates passwords of the following format:

• Has at least one uppercase letter
• Has at least one number
• Has at least one special character (!,@,#,$)
• Is at least 8 characters long

Examples

Checkout the examples directory form some examples on how to use the validator.

Contribution

If you like the library and you feel like something is missing or fix a potential bug, please feel free to submit a pull request, if I like your idea or it's useful I will merge it with the repository.

A final note about this library. I'm using "git flow" to manage this repository, the main branch here is called "develop" not master.

Thank you for using and contributing.