README

Bootstraps illuminate/validation package.

Installation

The package is available on Packagist, you can install it using Composer.

composer require davek1312/validation

Configuration

Copy the vendor/davek1312/validation/davek1312 folder to your application's root directory.

Language Files

The default validation messages can be viewed at vendor/davek1312/validation/lang/en/validation.php.

Locale Language Files

To set up different locale language files for validation view the Translation Package documentation.

Overriding Validation Messages

To override validation messages add a custom validation.php to davek1312/translation/lang/vendor/validation/{locale}/.

Rules

To view the available validation rules view the Laravel Documentation.

Usage

<?php 

use Davek1312\Validation\Validator;

$data = [
    'key' => 'value'
];
$rules = [
    'key' => 'required'
];
$validator = new Validator($data, $rules, [], $locale = 'en');

//Check if the validation passes
$validator->passes();

//Check if the validation fails
$validator->failed();

//Get the errors
$validator->errors();

Custom Error Messages

If needed, you may use custom error messages for validation instead of the defaults. You can define customer messages either programmatically or in the language files.

Programmatically

//This will be the message for the required rule
$customValidationMessages = [
    'required' => 'The :attribute field is required.',
];
$validator = new Validator($data, $rules, $customValidationMessages);

//This will be the message for the required rule only for the `email` attribute
$customValidationMessages = [
    'email.required' => 'We need to know your e-mail address!',
];
$validator = new Validator($data, $rules, $customValidationMessages);

In Language Files

Add your customer messages to the custom array in your davek1312/translation/lang/vendor/validation/{locale}/validation.php file.

'custom' => [
    'email' => [
         //This will be the message for the required rule only for the `email` attribute
        'required' => 'We need to know your e-mail address!',
    ],
],

If you would like the :attribute portion of your validation message to be replaced with a custom attribute name, you may specify the custom name in the attributes array of your davek1312/translation/lang/vendor/validation/{locale}/validation.php file.

'attributes' => [
    'email' => 'email address',
],

Custom Validation Rules

To register custom validation rules view the App Package documentation.

 protected function register() {
    // Will NOT run if the value being validated is empty
    $this->registerValidationRules('foo', 'Class@validateFoo');
    
    // Will run if the value being validated is empty
    $this->registerImplicitValidationRules('foo', 'Class@validateFoo');
    
    // Custom place-holder replacements for error messages
    $this->registerValidationReplacers('foo', 'Class@replaceFoo');
 }

Custom Validation Messages

You will also need to define an error message for your custom rule. You can do so either using an inline custom message array or by adding an entry in the validation language file. This message should be placed in the first level of the array, not within the custom array, which is only for attribute-specific error messages:

"foo" => "Your input was invalid!",