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# Key
- `Key(string|int $key, Validator $validator)`
Validates the value of an array against a given validator.
```php
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:
```php
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.
```php
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](KeyExists.md) instead.
- To validate an array against a given validator if the key exists, use [KeyOptional](KeyOptional.md) 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](KeyExists.md) and [KeyOptional](KeyOptional.md) |
| 0.3.9 | Created |
## See Also
- [ArrayVal](ArrayVal.md)
- [Each](Each.md)
- [KeyExists](KeyExists.md)
- [KeyOptional](KeyOptional.md)
- [KeySet](KeySet.md)
- [Property](Property.md)
- [PropertyExists](PropertyExists.md)
- [PropertyOptional](PropertyOptional.md)