NAME

Validation::Class::Directive::Filters - Filters Directive for Validation Class Field Definitions

VERSION

version 7.900059

SYNOPSIS

use Validation::Class::Simple;

my $rules = Validation::Class::Simple->new(
    fields => {
        user_ident => {
            filters => 'trim'
        }
    }
);

# set parameters to be validated
$rules->params->add($parameters);

# validate
unless ($rules->validate) {
    # handle the failures
}

DESCRIPTION

Validation::Class::Directive::Filters is a core validation class field directive that specifies which filter should be executed on the associated field.

  • alternative argument: an-array-of-options

  • option: trim e.g. remove leading/trailing spaces

  • option: strip e.g. replace multiple spaces with one space

  • option: lowercase e.g. convert to lowercase

  • option: uppercase e.g. convert to uppercase

  • option: titlecase e.g. uppercase first letter of each word; all else lowercase

  • option: autocase e.g. uppercase first letter of each word

  • option: capitalize e.g. uppercase the first letter

  • option: alphanumeric e.g. remove non-any alphanumeric characters

  • option: numeric e.g. remove any non-numeric characters

  • option: alpha e.g. remove any non-alpha characters

  • option: decimal e.g. preserve only numeric, dot and comma characters

    This directive can be passed a single value or an array of values:

    fields => {
        user_ident => {
            filters => ['trim', 'strip']
        }
    }

AUTHOR

Al Newkirk <anewkirk@ana.io>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is copyright (c) 2011 by Al Newkirk.

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.