#Validation ##About

A simple validation class because a got bored one afternoon and didn't want to work on a project

##Roadmap

• Seperate validations from class and create a factory
• Seperate errors from class allowing for custom error messages to be defined prior

##Using

The validator can pull directly from $_POST if no second parameter is provided. If you'd like, you may use a second parameter and validate that rather than whatever is in post

$validate = new Validator;
$validate('first_name');
$validate('last_name', $last_name);

Invoking the validate variable like so starts the validation for the passed parameters.

$validate('first_name');
$validate->required();

$validate('email_address', $email_address);
$validate->required();
$validate->email();

You can also chain, because who doesn't like chaining

$validate('address')->required();

Some validations can have parameters too.

$validate('phone_number')->required()->phone(7,10); //Phone number is required and must be between 7 and 10 digits in length.

$validate('items', $item_count)->required()->more(5); //Item count is required and must be greater than 5

You may want to stop a validation if a condition is false

$validate('membership')->required()->condition( $is_gold_membership )->verify_gold();
// membership is required, if member is gold, verify gold.

To check if you validation was successful or not

$validate->success();

Retrieving errors can also be done.

$validate->checklist('first_name');
// Returns array
array(
    "name" => "first_name",
    "value" => "The Doctor",
    "error" => Exception
)