Respect/Validation

The most awesome validation engine ever created for PHP

PHP

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updated Oct 20, 2026

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Respect\Validation

The most awesome validation engine ever created for PHP.

Complex validation made simple: v::numericVal()->positive()->between(1, 255)->isValid($input).
Advanced exception handling.
More than 150 (fully tested) validators.

Learn More:

components

fluent-interface

php

standalone

validation

validation-engine

validator

Project health

Overall

5.2/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

8/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Benjamin Milde

248 followers · starred Aug 2015

Mohamed Said

5,246 followers · starred Apr 2016

Witold Wasiczko

128 followers · starred Mar 2023

Mark Scherer

681 followers · starred Apr 2015

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Respect/Validation

The most awesome validation engine ever created for PHP

PHP

6,032

2,320 commits

updated Oct 20, 2026

respect-validation.readthedocs.io

See the code

README

Respect\Validation

The most awesome validation engine ever created for PHP.

Complex validation made simple: v::numericVal()->positive()->between(1, 255)->isValid($input).
Advanced exception handling.
More than 150 (fully tested) validators.

Learn More:

components

fluent-interface

php

standalone

validation

validation-engine

validator

Project health

Overall

5.2/10

Maintained

10/10

Code review

8/10

OpenSSF Scorecard

Significant stargazers

Benjamin Milde

248 followers · starred Aug 2015

Mohamed Said

5,246 followers · starred Apr 2016

Witold Wasiczko

128 followers · starred Mar 2023

Mark Scherer

681 followers · starred Apr 2015

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python-validators/validators

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