respect-validation/docs/validators/Key.md
Henrique Moody 7db3bea8a6
Enhance LintSpdxCommand with contributor tracking and header normalization
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Key changes:

- Enforce deterministic tag ordering (License-Identifier, FileCopyrightText,
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- Add --contributions-strategy option with "blame" (current code authors)
  and "log" (all historical contributors) to support different attribution
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- Add --fix option to automatically correct header issues

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Key

  • Key(string|int $key, Validator $validator)

Validates the value of an array against a given validator.

v::key('name', v::stringType())->assert(['name' => 'The Respect Panda']);
// Validation passes successfully

v::key('email', v::email())->assert(['email' => 'therespectpanda@gmail.com']);
// Validation passes successfully

v::key('age', v::intVal())->assert([]);
// → `.age` must be present

You can also use Key to validate nested arrays:

v::key(
    'payment_details',
    v::key('credit_card', v::creditCard())
)->assert([
    'payment_details' => [
        'credit_card' => '5376 7473 9720 8720',
    ],
]);
// Validation passes successfully

The name of this validator is automatically set to the key name.

v::key('email', v::email())->assert([]);
// → `.email` must be present

v::key('email', v::email())->assert(['email' => 'not email']);
// → `.email` must be a valid email address

Note

  • To validate if a key exists, use KeyExists instead.
  • To validate an array against a given validator if the key exists, use KeyOptional instead.

Templates

Template placeholders

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

Categorization

  • Arrays
  • Nesting
  • Structures

Changelog

Version Description
3.0.0 Split by KeyExists and KeyOptional
0.3.9 Created

See Also