Re: A validator module for PHP7

> On 6 Sep 2017, at 18:15, Rowan Collins <rowan.collins@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On 6 September 2017 09:29:37 BST, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: >> My only problem with Yasuo's latest offering is once again it adds a >> whole new set of defines that have to be mapped to existing metadata >> definitions ... That and it is a lot of longhand code using a different >> style to existing arrays. We need yet another wrapper to build these >> arrays from existing code ... > > The rules have to be defined somehow, and I'm not aware of a standard format that current > code is likely to follow. Unless there is already such a standard, I can't see any way to avoid > existing code having to be wrapped or amended. > > Which is why Yasuo and I have both suggested we work together to come up with such a standard > format that can be used or adapted for these different parts of the application. If you have > suggestions for how the format should look, we are eager to hear them and see some examples. > > Regards, > > -- > Rowan Collins > [IMSoP] > > -- > PHP Internals - PHP Runtime Development Mailing List > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > Does this proposal actually offer any improvement over what's available with filter_var/etc and a userland wrapper class? If there are deficiencies in how the existing filters work, maybe work on detailing the issues and then fixing/improving them? That way, all the userland validation currently built around them, needs *possibly* minor changes to make use of new flags/options, as opposed to a completely new API to use. Cheers Stephen