Respect/Validation

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Respect/Validation is a standalone PHP validation library offering a fluent interface with over 150 fully tested validators. It simplifies complex validation chains and provides advanced exception handling for reporting validation failures.

Use cases

• validate user input in PHP forms
• check that a value is a positive number between 1 and 255
• validate emails, dates, and other data formats in PHP
• collect detailed validation error messages for API requests
• add data validation rules to a PHP application without a framework

When to choose

• you need a comprehensive, standalone validation engine for PHP
• you want a fluent, chainable API for building complex validation rules
• you need detailed exception-based error reporting for invalid input

When to avoid

• your project is not written in PHP
• you only need simple validation already covered by your framework's built-in validators
• you need client-side (JavaScript) validation

Facets

library · maturity active

testing form-handling developer-tools developer-tools web-development backend php cli validation fluent-interface validator input-validation php-library

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