sielatchom/validator

Simple PHP validation library

1.0.1 2026-01-24 17:14 UTC

Requires (Dev)

• phpunit/phpunit: ^10

MIT

• Sielatchom Jeukeng Chrisaire Daryl

README

A simple, extensible, and developer-friendly PHP validation library
Validate forms and data easily with Laravel-style rules. Supports strings, numbers, dates, emails, passwords, phone numbers, URLs, JSON, and more.

Installation

Install via Composer:

composer require sielatchom/validator

Description

Sielatchom\Validator provides a simple API to validate PHP arrays, allowing developers to check multiple fields and rules with a single call.
It is PSR-4 compliant, unit-tested, and extensible

Usage

Basic Examples

<?php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';

use Sielatchom\Validator\Validator;

$data = [
    'name' => 'John Doe',
    'email' => '[e-mail]',
    'password' => 'Abc123$%',
    'password_confirmation' => 'Abc123$%',
    'age' => 25,
    'phone' => '237655123456',
    'website' => 'https://example.com',
    'payload' => '{"role":"admin"}',
    'dob' => '1990-01-01'
];

$validator = new Validator($data);

$validator->validate([
    'name'     => ['required', 'string', 'min:3', 'max:50'],
    'email'    => ['required', 'email'],
    'password' => ['required', 'password:8,strong', 'confirmed'],
    'age'      => ['integer', 'between:18,65'],
    'phone'    => ['phone:9,13'],
    'website'  => ['url'],
    'payload'  => ['json'],
    'dob'      => ['dateValidate', 'after:1900-01-01', 'before:today']
]);

if ($validator->fails()) {
    print_r($validator->errors());
} else {
    echo "All data is valid!";
}

Validation Rules Reference

Rule	Description
required	Field must exist and not be empty
email	Must be a valid email address
password:min,strength	Minimum length and optional strong password check (uppercase, lowercase, number, special)
phone:min,max	Phone number digits range
date	Validate date format (default Y-m-d)
after:min	Date must be after a specific date or today
before:max	Date must be before a specific date
string	Field must be a string
numeric	Field must be numeric
integer	Field must be an integer
boolean	Field must be boolean (true/false/1/0)
min:value	Minimum string length or numeric value
max:value	Maximum string length or numeric value
between:min,max	Value must be within a given range
in:val1,val2,...	Value must be one of the allowed options
confirmed	Field must match its _confirmation field
regex:/pattern/	Field must match the given regex pattern
url	Must be a valid URL
json	Must be a valid JSON string

About the Author

Sielatchom Jeukeng Chrisaire Daryl

• Email: [e-mail]
• Location: Yaoundé, Cameroon
• GitHub: https://github.com/Chris-tech15

Lisense

This library is licensed under the MIT License.