Re: [RFC][VOTE] Add validation functions to filter module

On 08.09.2016 at 23:47, Yasuo Ohgaki wrote: > On Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 8:08 PM, Lester Caine <lester@lsces.co.uk> wrote: > >> On 08/09/16 10:02, Rowan Collins wrote: >> >>> No, I'm suggesting something like: >>> >>> if ( >>> ! validate_int($var, $min, $max) >>> || ! validate_bool($var, $allowed_bool_types) >>> || ! validate_string($var, $min_len, $max_len) >>> || ! validate_string_encoding($var, $encoding) >>> || ! validate_string_chars($var, $allowed_chars) >>> || ! validate_string_regex($var, $regex) >>> || ! validate_string_degit($var, $min_len, $max_len) >>> || ! $callback($var) // Note: no need to wrap this callback, it's >>> just a boolean-returning function >> >> And I am looking for some way of packaging that into something I can >> read and write dynamically for each $var ... >> >> $var->set_validation_rules($rules); And $rules is going to be an array >> of items which can then be used for related parallel activities such as >> populating the browser validation. >> >> So the above script is replaced by $var->is_valid(); or if you prefer it >> throws an exception when you try and set the variable with an invalid >> input ( or one that does not match a 'strict' rule ). > > Anyway, your way would work with autoboxing. > https://wiki.php.net/rfc/autoboxing > and this proposal. And it can even work without autoboxing; just wrap the scalars in objects manually. -- Christoph M. Becker