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Validate a European VAT number using the EU commission VIES service.

Installation via Composer

"require": {
    "drawmyattention/validate-vat-number" : "1.*"
}

Usage

Check if a VAT number is valid

$validator = new ValidateVatNumber();

// True
$validator->validate('GB371057172')->isValid();
    
// False
$validator->validate('GB123452341678')->isValid();

Get the company name, address and country code

$validator = new ValidateVatNumber();

$validator->validate('GB371057172');

// Mcdonald's Restaurants Limited
$validator->company();

// Array of the company's address
$validator->address();

// GB
$validator->countryCode();

Get the full response from the api

$validator = new ValidateVatNumber();

$validator->validate('GB371057172');

// Full response object from the api
$validator->response();