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Built-in validation rules

Built-in validation rules

Required validators

  1. Required: value should not be null or an empty string
  2. RequiredWith: value is required when another item is present in the context. Rule options: item
  3. RequiredWithout: value is required when another item is not present in the context. Rule options: item
  4. RequiredWhen: value is required when another item matches another rule. Rule options: item, rule (class name of a validator), options (options for the rule)

String validators

  1. Alpha: values must contain only letters and spaces
  2. AlphaNumeric: values must contain letters, numbers and spaces
  3. AlphaNumHyphen: values must contain letters, numbers, dashes, underscores and spaces
  4. Length: value, which should be a string, must a length which is between specified limits. Rule options: min and max
  5. MinLength: string's length should be greater than a specified value. Rule options: min
  6. MaxLength: string's length should be shorter than a specified value. Rule options: max
  7. FullName: a string should represent a full name (at least 6 characters, at least 2 word, each word at least 2 characters long)

Array validators

  1. ArrayLength: values which are arrays must contain a specific number of items. Rule options: min and max
  2. ArrayMinlength: array must contain at least a specific number of items: Rule options: min
  3. ArrayMaxlength: array must contain at most a specific number of items: Rule options: max
  4. InList: the value must be in a list of acceptable values. Rule options: list
  5. NotInList: the value must not be in a list of forbidden values: Rule options: list

Number validators

  1. Number: value must be a valid number
  2. Integer: value must be a valid integer
  3. LessThan: value must be less than a number. Rule options: max and inclusive (to determine if the comparator is < or <=, defaults to TRUE)
  4. GreaterThan: value must be greater than a number. Rule options: min and inclusive (to determine if the comparator is > or >=, defaults to TRUE)
  5. Between: value must be a number between 2 limits: Rule options: min and max. The same as GreaterThan and LessThan, both inclusive.

Email/URLs validators

  1. Email: value must be an email address. Uses a regular expression for validation
  2. EmailDomain: the value, which should be an email address, must belong to a valid domain. Uses checkdnsrr
  3. Url: value must be a valid URL address (http, https, ftp etc)
  4. Website: value must be a valid website address (http or https)

Date/Time validators

  1. Date: checks if a value in a date. Rule options: format (a PHP date format like Y-m-d).
  2. DateTime: extends Date but the default format is Y-m-d H:i:s
  3. Time: extends Date but the default format is H:i:s

Other validators

  1. Regex: value must match a regular expression pattern. Rule options: pattern
  2. NotRegex: value must NOT match a regular expression pattern. Rule options: pattern
  3. Callback: checks if a value is valid using a custom callback (a function, an object's method, a class' static method). Rule options: callback and arguments (additional paramters for the callback)
  4. Match: the value must match the value of another item in the context. Rule options: item (eg: if auth[password_confirm] must match auth[password] the item is auth[password]
  5. Equal: the value must be the same as predefined value. Rule options: value

File validators

File validators work only with local files and they fail if the file does not exist

  1. File\Extension. Checks if the file has a certain extension. Rule options: allowed which can be an array or a comma separated string.
  2. File\Image. Checks if the file is an image of a certain type. Rule options: allowed which can be an array or a comma separated string (default: jpg,png,gif)
  3. File\ImageRatio. Checks if the image has a certain ratio. Rule options: ratio which can be a number or a string like 4:3, error_margin - how much the file's ratio can deviate from the target (default: 0)
  4. File\ImageWidth. Checks if the image's width is between certain limits. Rule options: min (default: 0) and max (default: 1 million)
  5. File\ImageHeight. Checks if the image's height is between certain limits. Rule options: min (default: 0) and max (default: 1 million)
  6. File\Size. Checks if the file' size is bellow a certain limit. Rule options: size which can be a number or a string like '10K', '0.5M' or '1.3G` (default: 2M)

Upload validators

Upload validators work only uploaded files (each file is an upload-like array) and they fail if the temporary file does not exist.

  1. Upload\Extension. Checks if the uploaded file has a certain extension. Rule options: allowed which can be an array or a comma separated string.
  2. Upload\Image. Checks if the uploaded file is an image of a certain type. Rule options: allowed which can be an array or a comma separated string (default: jpg,png,gif)
  3. Upload\ImageRatio. Checks if the uploaded image has a certain ratio. Rule options: ratio which can be a number or a string like 4:3, error_margin - how much the file's ratio can deviate from the target (default: 0)
  4. Upload\ImageWidth. Checks if the uploaded image's width is between certain limits. Rule options: min (default: 0) and max (default: 1 million)
  5. Upload\ImageHeight. Checks if the uploaded image's height is between certain limits. Rule options: min (default: 0) and max (default: 1 million)
  6. Upload\Size. Checks if the uploaded file' size is bellow a certain limit. Rule options: size which can be a number or a string like '10K', '0.5M' or '1.3G` (default: 2M)

Note! The upload validators use only the tmp_name and name values to perform the validation