# validator
**Repository Path**: mirrors_yiisoft/validator
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: validator
- **Description**: Yii validator library
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: BSD-3-Clause
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-19
- **Last Updated**: 2026-02-07
## Categories & Tags
**Categories**: Uncategorized
**Tags**: None
## README
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This package provides data validation capabilities.
## Features
- Validates any data: arrays, objects, scalar values, etc.
- Supports custom data sets.
- Handles nested data structures (one-to-one and one-to-many).
- Can read validation rules from PHP 8 attributes.
- Error message formatting and translation.
- Attribute names translation.
- Conditional validation:
- Skip validation of "empty" value with possibility to configure "empty" condition.
- Skip further validation if an error occurred for the same property.
- Skip validation depending on a condition.
- Possibility to use context in rule handler.
- Common rules bundled.
- Supports DI container for creating custom rule handlers with extra dependencies.
- Exporting rules options for using in the frontend.
## Requirements
- PHP 8.1 - 8.5.
- `mbstring` PHP extension.
## Installation
The package could be installed with [Composer](https://getcomposer.org):
```shell
composer require yiisoft/validator
```
## General usage
Validator allows to check data in any format. For example, when data is an object:
```php
use Yiisoft\Validator\Rule\FilledAtLeast;
use Yiisoft\Validator\Rule\Email;
use Yiisoft\Validator\Rule\Length;
use Yiisoft\Validator\Rule\Number;
use Yiisoft\Validator\Rule\Required;
use Yiisoft\Validator\Validator;
#[FilledAtLeast(['email', 'phone'])]
final class Person
{
public function __construct(
#[Required]
#[Length(min: 2)]
public ?string $name = null,
#[Number(min: 21)]
public ?int $age = null,
#[Email]
public ?string $email = null,
public ?string $phone = null,
) {
}
}
$person = new Person(
name: 'John',
age: 17,
email: 'john@example.com',
phone: null
);
$result = (new Validator())->validate($person);
```
The validation result is an object that allows to check whether validation was successful:
```php
$result->isValid();
```
It also contains errors occurred during validation:
```php
$result->getErrorMessages();
```
## Documentation
- Guide: [English](docs/guide/en/README.md), [Português - Brasil](docs/guide/pt-BR/README.md)
- [Internals](docs/internals.md)
If you need help or have a question, the [Yii Forum](https://forum.yiiframework.com/c/yii-3-0/63) is a good place for that.
You may also check out other [Yii Community Resources](https://www.yiiframework.com/community).
## License
The Yii Validator is free software. It is released under the terms of the BSD License.
Please see [`LICENSE`](./LICENSE.md) for more information.
Maintained by [Yii Software](https://www.yiiframework.com/).
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