V2:Types

From PhpInputValidator

This are all the current possible options for the third parameter in the get function. You can also use Custom Types if one of the following do not meet match what you are looking for.

Contents 1 Common Types 2 Extended Types 2.1 alpha 2.1.1 Example 2.2 alpha_lower 2.2.1 Example 2.3 alpha_numeric 2.3.1 Example 2.4 alphanumeric_plus 2.4.1 Example 2.5 alpha_upper 2.5.1 Example 2.6 american_express 2.6.1 Note 2.7 credit_card 2.7.1 Note 2.8 day_month_year 2.8.1 Example 2.9 discover_card 2.9.1 Note 2.10 domain 2.10.1 Example 2.11 email 2.11.1 Example 2.12 fuzzy_bool 2.12.1 Example 2.13 hex 2.13.1 Example 2.14 hex_color 2.14.1 Example 2.15 hostname 2.15.1 Example 2.16 ip / ipv4 2.16.1 Example 2.17 ipv6 2.17.1 Example 2.18 isbn10 2.18.1 Example 2.19 isbn13 2.19.1 Example 2.20 local_path 2.20.1 Example 2.21 mastercard 2.21.1 Note 2.22 month_day_year 2.22.1 Example 2.23 numeric 2.23.1 Example 2.24 url 2.24.1 Example 2.25 url_dual 2.25.1 Example 2.26 us_currency 2.26.1 Example 2.27 us_phone 2.27.1 Example 2.28 us_social 2.28.1 Example 2.29 us_zip 2.29.1 Example 2.30 visa 2.31 year_month_day 2.31.1 Example

Common Types

These are common PHP types which should not need an explaination

array

boolean / bool

real / double / float

integer / int

object

string / str

even

odd

Extended Types

alpha

String must only contain characters a-z. Case insensitive.

Example

FooBar

alpha_lower

String must only contain characters a-z. Must be all lowercase.

Example

foobar

alpha_numeric

String must only contain characters a-z or 0-9 Case insensitive.

Example

FooBar01

alphanumeric_plus

String must only contain characters a-z, 0-9, -, or _. Case insensitive.

Example

Foo_Bar-01

alpha_upper

String must only contain characters a-z. Must be all uppercase.

Example

FOOBAR

american_express

String must be a valid American Express credit card.

Note

This check only validates the length and digit types. It does not check to make sure the number is actually an active card.

credit_card

String must be a valid credit card number. Doesn't care about the type of card.

Note

This check only validates the length and digit types. It does not check to make sure the number is actually an active card.

day_month_year

A valid day month year string

Example

30/05/2002
30/5/2002
30/5/02
30-5-02

discover_card

String must be a valid Discover credit card.

Note

This check only validates the length and digit types. It does not check to make sure the number is actually an active card.

domain

String must have a valid tld

Example

www.foo.com
foo.net
http://www.foo.com
.com

email

Email address.

Example

foo@bar.com

fuzzy_bool

Expanded bool types (see examples)

Example

true
false
1
0
off
on
yes
no
y
n

hex

A valid hexidecimal number

Example

FF00AA

hex_color

A valid hexidecimal number with or without a #

Example

#FF00AA
FF00AA

hostname

A valid host name

Example

www.phpinputvalidator.org

ip / ipv4

An IP v4 address.

Example

192.168.10.1

ipv6

An IP v6 address.

Example

2001:db8:85a3:0:0:8a2e:370:7334

isbn10

10 digit ISBN number

Example

90-70002-34-5

isbn13

13 digit ISBN number

Example

978-1-4028-9462-6

local_path

Local or absolute path.

Example

/www/foo/bar/

mastercard

String must be a valid Mastercard credit card.

Note

This check only validates the length and digit types. It does not check to make sure the number is actually an active card.

month_day_year

A valid month day year string

Example

05/30/2002
5/30/2002
5/30/02
5-30-02

numeric

String must only contain numbers 0-9.

Example

12345678

url

Website address. Can be http, https, or ftp.

Example

http://www.foobar.com
https://www.foobar.com/bar/
http://www.foobar.com/bar/download.zip

url_dual

Website address or a local path

Example

http://www.foobar.com/bar/
http://www.foobar.com/bar/download.zip
/bar/download.zip

us_currency

A valid currency number. With or without the $ and the .

Example

$5.00
$5
$3,000.33
5.00
5
3,000.33 

us_phone

A valid United States phone number.

Example

1-234-567-8910 begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-234-567-8910      end_of_the_skype_highlighting begin_of_the_skype_highlighting              1-234-567-8910      end_of_the_skype_highlighting
(123) 456-7891
123.456.7891 
12345678910

us_social

A valid United States social security number.

Example

123-45-6789

us_zip

A valid United States ZIP code

Example

12345
12345-6789

visa

String must be a valid Visa credit card. This check only validates the length and digit types. It does not check to make sure the number is actually an active card.

year_month_day

A valid year month day string

Example

2002/05/30
2002/5/30