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InSanity

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Extensible validation and sanitization library for various input sources like $_POST and routing parameters.

Why InSanity?

• Supports validation of various input sources (per field configurable)
• Extensible
• Translatable
• Supports global php functions like trim(), intval(), etc.
• Supports array field inputs
• No dependencies
• Automated tests with 100% code coverage
• Liberal license: zlib/libpng

Note: This has just been released, so it might not be perfect yet. Feel free to report issues, improvement ideas or create pull requests.

Requirements

• PHP >= 7.1

Installation

Install via composer:

Include the autoloader in your php script, unless you've done that already:

Usage

An example use-case:

Alternatively, you can grab the values manually like this:

The classes

This library consists of these classes:

• InSanity: This coordinates the validation process.
• Field: Used to chain rules and sanitizers to process values. Instances are automatically created.
• RuleHandler: A class that contains the included rules.
• ErrorHandler: Aggregates errors.
• Translator: A class used to translate messages and field names.

The last 3 classes can be extended or even replaced with your own implementations if you feel like it.

Details follow:

InSanity

This class receives 3 parameters:

• An optional (associative) array that serves as the default input if none was specified. If this is null, $_POST will be used.
• An optional instance of RuleHandler (or a replacement class). If null, a default RuleHandler is created.
• An optional instance of ErrorHandler (or a replacement class). If null, a default ErrorHandler is created.

To start validation and sanitization on a field, call it like this:

This consists of 2 parts:

• $in->my_field_name('My Field Label')
  • my_field_name is the field name as it exists in the input array.
  • My Field Label is the text that will be used when generating error messages.
  • This returns an instance of Field.
• ->required->trim->min_length(2)
  • These apply your rules. Rule calls return the Field instance for easy chaining.

You can get errors using $in->getErrors(). If you need to access a field afterwards (or apply an additional later), you can access the fields later by using $in->my_field_name.

For convenience, a method $in->toJSON() exists, which will create an associative array field_name => field_value.

Field

Field instances are created by InSanity (see above). The instance supports executing and chaining rules.

A rule can be run in 3 different ways:

The rule (and filter) methods are applied in order. If the given method returns a boolean value, it's interpreted as a rule, otherwise as a filter (the sole exception is boolval, see below).

Examples:

• A return value of false will fail the validation (and skip the rest of the rules)
• A value of true will continue with the next rule (or filter).
• Anything else will change the current value to what has been returned by the rule handler.

Some methods exist in addition to normal rule handling:

• default(default): If value is null, value will be set to default.
• boolval(): This was added for two reasons:
  • boolval from PHP doesn't work on the same values as the is_bool rule.
  • it returns true or false, which would normally be interpreted as a validation result and thus, not be stored.
• getValue(): Gets the current value of the field (after rules have been applied)
• getError(): Gets the error message, or null if no error has been set yet.
• setFailed(rule, param=null): Sets the field to failed. An error message will be generated using the translator class.

RuleHandler

As said, RuleHandler contains validation methods. That method receives 1-2 parameters. The first being the value to validate and the second is the parameter passed by the user (null if none given).

The following rules are included in the built-in RuleHandler class:

• is_alpha (a-z)
• is_alnum (a-z and 0-9)
• is_alnum_dash (a-z, 0-9, _ and -)
• is_numeric (a numeric value, prefixed by a + or a -)
• is_integer (an integer value, prefixed by a + or a -)
• is_natural (an integer value without prefix)
• is_natural_no_zero (an integer value without prefix and above zero)
• is_bool (true|false|on|off|yes|no|1|0)
• valid_email (a valid e-mail address)
• required (the trimmed value may not be empty)
• min_length(length) (the value must have a minimum length)
• max_length(length) (the value must have a maximum length)
• exact_length(length) (the value must have a specified length)

Translator

If you plan on writing your own rules or if you need more than english as target language, you can either add/override translations by supplying an associative array to the constructor or you can write your own implementation.

ErrorHandler

The ErrorHandler builds and aggregates error messages. It will create a new Translator instance when needed. If you want it to use a custom Translator instance, either pass the instance as first argument to the constructor, or override the getTranslator() method.

Report isssues

Something not working quite as expected? Do you need a feature that has not been implemented yet? Check the issue tracker and add a new one if your problem is not already listed. Please try to provide a detailed description of your problem, including the steps to reproduce it.

Contribute

Awesome! If you would like to contribute with a new feature or submit a bugfix, fork this repo and send a pull request. Please, make sure all the unit tests are passing before submitting and add new ones in case you introduced new features.

License

InSanity has been released under the zlib/libpng license, meaning you can use it free of charge, without strings attached in commercial and non-commercial projects. Credits are appreciated but not mandatory.