SimpleValidator (PHP)
Dealing with web forms? That means user generated content. That means you need to validate that data. It’s a real pain and unless you’re using a framework you’ll end up coding your own methods to validate email addresses, dates, phone numbers, zip codes, etc.
Enter SimpleValidator.
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Sample Usage
require "path/to/SimpleValidator.inc"; // array describing the keys to look for and their validation rules // note that the 'required' rule can appear anywhere // and that certain rules can accept arguments $rules = array( 'firstname' => 'required alpha', 'lastname' => 'required', 'phone' => 'phone required', 'test' => 'minlength=5', 'zipcode' => 'zip', 'password' => 'required minlength=8', 'password-again' => 'equalTo=password' ); $validator = new SimpleValidator($rules); // assuming $_POST contains the form data // validate returns an array of error messages $errors = $validator->validate($_POST); if (empty($errors)) { // no errors in the data, processing can proceed } else { // there are errors in the data }
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