[RFC] Validation class proposal

Let's stop wasting time talking and go to code something :-) My quick proposal (sorry if I'm too cursory): Dir structure ------------- pear/Validate Validate.php pear/Validate/I18N/ ES.php DE.php FR.php Validate.php ------------ Statics methods, easy syntax, return bool and all common validation routines inside, even if it gets a little long. Something like: // 0-9 define(NUM_NATURAL, 1); // a-Z define(ALPHA, 2); // a-Z + áé.. define(EALPHA, 4); // \s* define(SPACE, 8); define(DECIMAL, 16); class Validate { function email($email, $domain_check=false) function string($str, NUM+ALPHA, $lenght_check=false) function creditCard($no) // process an array (mostly for $_POST, $_GET) in the form: // 0 => array($val, $options) // where $options=>array(method, args, nullable) function batch($array) function date($date, $format, $range) function youCanBeHere() } I18N/ES.php --------------- class ValidateES { // Spanish Identity card validation function dni($str) } Tomas V.V.Cox