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Henrique Moody b701fac656

Create ShortCircuit validator and ShortCircuitable interface

This commit introduces a mechanism for validators to return early once
the validation outcome is determined, rather than evaluating all child
validators.

The ShortCircuit validator evaluates validators sequentially and stops
at the first failure, similar to how PHP's && operator works. This is
useful when later validators depend on earlier ones passing, or when
you want only the first error message.

The ShortCircuitCapable interface allows composite validators (AllOf,
AnyOf, OneOf, NoneOf, Each, All) to implement their own short-circuit
logic.

Why "ShortCircuit" instead of "FailFast":

The name "FailFast" was initially considered but proved misleading.
While AllOf stops on failure (fail fast), AnyOf stops on success
(succeed fast), and OneOf stops on the second success. The common
behavior is not about failing quickly, but about returning as soon as
the outcome is determined—which is exactly what short-circuit
evaluation means. This terminology is familiar to developers from
boolean operators (&& and ||), making the behavior immediately
understandable.

Co-authored-by: Alexandre Gomes Gaigalas <alganet@gmail.com>
Assisted-by: Claude Code (Opus 4.5)

2026-02-05 17:32:42 +01:00

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AnyOf

AnyOf(Validator $validator1, Validator $validator2)
AnyOf(Validator $validator1, Validator $validator2, Validator ...$validators)

This is a group validator that acts as an OR operator.

v::anyOf(v::intVal(), v::floatVal())->assert(15.5);
// Validation passes successfully

In the sample above, IntVal() doesn't validates, but FloatVal() validates, so AnyOf() returns true.

AnyOf() returns true if at least one inner validator passes.

Templates

`AnyOf::TEMPLATE_STANDARD`

Mode	Template
`default`	{{subject}} must pass at least one of the rules
`inverted`	{{subject}} must pass at least one of the rules

Template placeholders

Placeholder	Description
`subject`	The validated input or the custom validator name (if specified).

Categorization

Composite
Nesting

Changelog

Version	Description
3.0.0	Require at least two validators to be defined
2.0.0	Created

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