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Validation helper with a shorthand syntax.

Usage

use \LSS\Validate;

$data = array('myparam'=>'valid string');

try {
	Validate::prime($data);
	Validate::go('myparam')->not('blank')->max(20)->is('alnum');
	Validate::paint();
} catch(Exception $e){
	echo $e;
}

Types

All these types will evaluate to true IF:

• blank '' === true
• empty empty() === true
• null is_null($var)
• ip var is IPv4 octect format
• mac True if var is in mac address format (loose check for chars)
• domain True if var is a domain name (loose check for chars)
• num True if var is all numeric
• dec True if the var is numeric with a decimal point
• float Same as dec
• alpha True if all characters are alpha-numeric
• al Same as alpha
• alu Same as alpha but with underscores (_)
• als True if var is alphanumeric with spaces
• alnums Alias to als
• en Alias to als
• email True if chars are valid for an email address
• sha1 True if var is a sha1 hash
• md5 True of var is a md5 hash

Reference

(void) Validate::prime($data)

Prep validate with an array of data usualy from post()

(object) Validate::go($var)

Starts a validation object for the given param

(object) Validate::_get()

Returns the current instance

(object) Validate::error($err)

Add error message to buffer This is generally used internally

(object) Validate::setVar($var)

Sets the var to operate on This is generally used internally

(string) Validate::get()

Retrieves the current variable This is generally used internally

(object) Validate::min($min)

Checks that the current var is at minimum $min long

(object) Validate::max($max)

Checks that the current var is at maximum $max long

(object) Validate::not($type)

Checks that the current var is not given $type

(object) Validate::is($type)

Checks that the current var is given #type

(bool) Validate::paint()

If there are any errors in the buffer an exception will be raised Otherwise TRUE is returned