respect-validation/docs/validators/UndefOr.md
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# UndefOr
- `UndefOr(Validator $validator)`
Validates the input using a defined validator when the input is not `null` or an empty string (`''`).
This validator can be particularly useful when validating form fields.
## Usage
```php
v::undefOr(v::alpha())->assert('');
// Validation passes successfully
v::undefOr(v::digit())->assert(null);
// Validation passes successfully
v::undefOr(v::alpha())->assert('username');
// Validation passes successfully
v::undefOr(v::alpha())->assert('has1number');
// → "has1number" must consist only of letters (a-z) or must be undefined
```
## Prefix
For convenience, you can use the `undefOr` as a prefix to any validator:
```php
v::undefOrEmail()->assert('not an email');
// → "not an email" must be an email address or must be undefined
v::undefOrBetween(1, 3)->assert(2);
// Validation passes successfully
```
## Templates
### `UndefOr::TEMPLATE_STANDARD`
| Mode | Template |
| ---------: | :------------------------ |
| `default` | or must be undefined |
| `inverted` | and must not be undefined |
## Template as suffix
The template serves as a suffix to the template of the inner validator.
```php
v::undefOr(v::alpha())->assert('has1number');
// → "has1number" must consist only of letters (a-z) or must be undefined
v::not(v::undefOr(v::alpha()))->assert("alpha");
// → "alpha" must not consist only of letters (a-z) and must not be undefined
```
## Template placeholders
| Placeholder | Description |
| ----------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `subject` | The validated input or the custom validator name (if specified). |
## Categorization
- Nesting
## Changelog
| Version | Description |
| ------: | :-------------------- |
| 3.0.0 | Templates changed |
| 3.0.0 | Renamed to `UndefOr` |
| 1.0.0 | Created as `Optional` |
## See Also
- [Blank](Blank.md)
- [Falsy](Falsy.md)
- [NullOr](NullOr.md)
- [NullType](NullType.md)
- [Spaced](Spaced.md)
- [Undef](Undef.md)