Lightweight PHP component for server-side validation of numbers, strings, emails and URLs from forms, databases, XML or CSV, with flexible error handling.
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ApPHP DataValidator was a simple, lightweight tool from ApPHP for primary general data checks on PHP websites. It handled numbers, strings, emails and URLs, with a range of parameters for a wide variety of verifications. All parameters were optional and could be switched on and off for each specific value.
The DataValidator component accepted an array or an object as its data container, so it could easily check values from an HTTP request, a database, a parsed XML or CSV file or any other source, as long as the data was in the correct format (array('key' => 'value')).
Error handling was easy and flexible: if validation failed, you could either use the generated error message or use the error details for logging and informing users in your own style.
Data validation makes sure incoming data has a certain quality or value; the validation runs on the server side.
The component could be used for:
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