Validation

• Get input data
  • Get all submitted data
  • Get a specific data
  • Return a default value if no data found
• Validate
  • Validate single data
  • Validate multiple data
  • Rules parameters
• Validation rules

The framework comes with a class to help you sanitize your inputs.

Get input data

The framework comes with an Input class that helps you retrieve form submitted data.

The Input class extends the Illuminate\Http\Request.

Get all submitted data

$data = Input::all();

This will return an array with all submitted data found in a request.

Get a specific data

$data = Input::get('name');

The code above returns the saved value for the name key.

Return a default value if no data found

$data = Input::get('name', 'Foo');

If no name value is found, the code returns the Foo value.

Validate

Validate single data

$data = Validator::single($data, ['num', 'min:3']);

Pass an array of validation rules as a second parameter.

Validate multiple data

$data = Validator::multiple(Input::all(), [
    'field-name' => ['alnum', 'min:5'],
    'email'      => ['email'],
    'age'        => ['num']
]);

Pass an array of validation rules as a second parameter where the key is the data field name and its value is an array of validation rules.

Rules parameters

Some rules accept extra parameters in order to validate your data. Simply add a colon after your rule followed by parameters separated by a comma.

$data = Validator::single($url, ['url:http, https']);

$data = Validator::single($age, ['num', 'min:1', 'max:2']);

Check the available rules below.

Validation rules

• alpha: Validate alphabetic characters.
• num: Validate only numeric characters.
• negnum: Validate negative numeric characters.
• alnum: Validate alphanumeric characters.
• textfield: Validate a textfield value. Uses the WordPress sanitize_text_field function.
• textarea: Validate a value from a textarea field. Uses the WordPress esc_textarea function.
• html: Validate a HTML value. Uses the WordPress esc_html function.
• email: Validate an email value. Uses the WordPress sanitize_email function.
• url: Validate an URL value. Uses the WordPress esc_url function. You can pass arguments to the rule like so: ['url:http, https']. See the WordPress reference for the list of protocols you can pass to the rule.
• min: Validate a value if it has a minimum length. You have to pass arguments to the rule like so: ['min:5'].
• max: Validate a value if it has a maximum length. You have to define arguments to the rule like so: ['max:25'].
• bool: Validate a boolean value. Returns true if data equal to true, 1, on and yes. Returns false otherwise.
• kses: Validate a value for allowed HTML tags. Uses the WordPress wp_kses function. You can pass arguments like so: ['kses:a|href|title, p'].
• hex: Validate a hexadecimal value.
• color: Validate a color hexadecimal value like #2abb6f or #ddd.
• file: Validate a file extension value. You have to pass arguments to the rule like so: ['file:jpg, gif, png'].