Re: ATTN: Validate Package Maintainer

On 14 Dec 2003 at 13:23, Pierre-Alain Joye wrote: > On Sun, 14 Dec 2003 12:58:18 +0100 > "Stefan Neufeind" <stefan@neufeind.net> wrote: > > > Yeah, that's what I also thought about. My intention was to do it > > similar like with IBAN: In Validate itself (e.g. via multiple() ) > > you can quickly validate a CC. Also there is the same > > quick-validatation possible via Validate/Finance.php. And as far as > > I understood your mail now (haven't had a look at the source of the > > creditcard-class yet!) there would be a > > Validate/Finance/Creditcard.php which would be used if an app wants > > to verify a CC with all details (e.g. for output "no, -this or that- > > part is not valid" etc. > > > So Pierre, did I get you correctly now? > > Yes and no. The only thing I do not like in the IBAN approach is I > have to load a new class (which loads another file) to get basic IBAN > validation. Keeping the CC syntax validation in Validate:: skip the > useless loads. Finance_CC should contain all "advanced" validation, > and/or online/offline validations systems (ie validate again a > webservice or a database) but I do not know the Joe's plans about > that. The new file (respective: class) is loaded the first time you use the function to Validate a IBAN in the Validate-package. Since this "quick check" already involves all possible checks for an IBAN I don't see a way to integrate a "leightweight"-functionality in Validate / Validate_Finance directly. If you don't use the IBAN- validation it won't be loaded. Where's the problem? How would you like to solve it? IMHO the current layout provides for best maintainance-ability and does loading of the additional IBAN.php-file only when needed. About CC-validation let's wait for Joe's replies. > > And finally: Who's gonna do it? I'm currently a bit too work-loaded > > before christmas and intend to put the remaining time on work for > > Image_Graph. So if Pierre could integrate CC-validation into Finance > > that would be really nice. (Pierre, I know I proposed to take the > > Finance-part ... but I can't find time to work on the CC-things > > befroe 2004 otherwise.) > > Well, I can take care of its integration today, at least for the basic > stuff and the 1st shot of Finance_CC. Note that this release will > still be alpha. There are a few things I would like to add before the > any beta releases (aka something like the single call described by > Mike). Okay. But at least having *any* new release (independent of state) would be really nice :-) Regards, Stefan