NAME

FormValidator::Lite - lightweight form validation library

SYNOPSIS

    use FormValidator::Lite;

    FormValidator::Lite->load_constraints(qw/Japanese/);

    my $q = CGI->new();
    my $validator = FormValidator::Lite->new($q);
    my $res = $validator->check(
        name => [qw/NOT_NULL/],
        name_kana => [qw/NOT_NULL KATAKANA/],
        {mails => [qw/mail1 mail2/]} => ['DUPLICATION'],
    );
    if ( ..... return_true_when_if_error() ..... ) {
        $validator->set_error('login_id' => 'DUPLICATION');
    }
    if ($validator->has_error) {
        ...
    }

    # in your tmpl
    <ul>
    ? for my $msg ($validator->get_error_messages) {
        <li><?= $msg ?></li>
    ? }
    </ul>
    

DESCRIPTION

FormValidator::Lite is simple, fast implementation for form validation.

IT'S IN BETA QUALITY. API MAY CHANGE IN FUTURE.

HOW TO WRITE YOUR OWN CONSTRAINTS

    http parameter comes from $_
    validator args comes from @_

METHODS

my $validator = FormValidator::Lite->new($q);

Create a new instance.

$q is query like object, such as Apache::Request, CGI.pm, Plack::Request.

$validator->check(@rule_ary)

This method do validation.

$validator->is_error($key)

Return true value if parameter named $key got error.

$validator->is_valid()

Return true value if $validator don't detects error.

This is same as !$validator->has_error().

$validator->has_error()

Return true value if $validator detects error.

This is same as !$validator->is_valid().

$validator->set_error($param, $rule_name)

Set new error to parameter named $param. The rule name is $rule_name.

$validator->load_constraints($name)

load constraint components named "FormValidator::Lite::Constraint::${name}".

$validator->load_function_message($lang)

Load function message file.

Currently, FormValidator::Lite::Messages::ja and FormValidator::Lite::Messages::en are available.

$validator->set_param_message($param => $message, ...)

    $validator->set_param_message(
        name => 'Your Name',
    );

Make relational map for the parameter name to human readable name.

$validator->set_message_data({ message => $msg, param => $param, function => $function })

    $v->set_message_data(YAML::Load(<<'...'));
    ---
    message:
      zip.jzip: Please input correct zip number.
    param:
      name: Your Name
    function:
      not_null: "[_1] is empty"
      hiragana: "[_1] is not Hiragana"
    ...

Setup error message map.

$validator->set_message("$param.$func" => $message)

    $v->set_message('zip.jzip' => 'Please input correct zip number.');

Set error message for the $param and $func.

my @errors = $validator->get_error_messages()

Get whole error messages for $q in arrayref.

my $msg = $validator->get_error_message($param => $func)

Generate error message for parameter $param and function named $func.

my @msgs = $validator->get_error_messages_from_param($param)

Get error messages by $q for parameter $param.

WHY NOT FormValidator::Simple?

Yes, I know. This module is very similar with FV::S.

But, FormValidator::Simple is too heavy for me. FormValidator::Lite is fast!

   Perl: 5.010000
   FVS: 0.23
   FVL: 0.02
                           Rate FormValidator::Simple   FormValidator::Lite
   FormValidator::Simple  353/s                    --                  -75%
   FormValidator::Lite   1429/s                  304%                    --

AUTHOR

Tokuhiro Matsuno <tokuhirom {at} gmail.com>

THANKS TO

craftworks

nekokak

SEE ALSO

the FormValidator::Simple manpage, the Data::FormValidator manpage, the HTML::FormFu manpage

LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.