Laravel VAT EU VALIDATOR

laravel-vat-eu-validator is a package inspired from vat.php to validate a VAT number for businesses based in Europe.

For Laravel 10, 11, 12 use tag 2.x

For Laravel 8, 9 use tag 1.20

For Laravel 5, 6, 7 use tag 0.5.4

Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require danielebarbaro/laravel-vat-eu-validator

The package will automatically register itself.

Usage

use Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Facades\VatValidatorFacade as VatValidator;

// Check VAT format and VIES existence
VatValidator::validate('IT12345');

// Check VAT format
VatValidator::validateFormat('IT12345678901'); 

// Check VAT existence
VatValidator::validateExistence('IT12345678901');

Validation

The package registers two new validation rules.

vat_number

The field under validation must be a valid and existing VAT number.

vat_number_exist

The field under validation check id is an existing VAT number.

vat_number_format

The field under validation must be a valid VAT number.

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class Controller {

    public function foo(Request $request) 
    {
        $request->validate([
            'bar_field' => [new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumber()],
        ]);
        
        $request->validate([
            'bar_field' => [new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumberExist()],
        ]);
        
        $request->validate([
            'bar_field' => [new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumberFormat()],
       ]);
    }
}

Alternatively, you can also use the Rule directly.

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules;

class Controller {

    public function foo(Request $request) 
    {
        $request->validate([
            'bar_field' => [ new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumber() ],
            'bar_field' => [ new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumberExist() ],
            'bar_field' => [ new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumberFormat() ],
        ]);
    }
}

or

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules;

class Controller {

    public function foo(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'bar_field' => [
                new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumber(),
                new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumberExist(),
                new \Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules\VatNumberFormat(),
            ],
        ]);
    }
}

or

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Danielebarbaro\LaravelVatEuValidator\Rules;

class Controller {

    public function foo(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'bar_field' => [
                'vat_number',
                'vat_number_format',
                'vat_number_exist',
            ],
        ]);
    }
}

Translations

Most of the displayed strings are defined in the vatEuValidator::validation translation files. The package ships with a few supported locales, but if yours is not yet included we would greatly appreciate a PR.

If not already published, you can edit or fill the translation files using php artisan vendor:publish --tag=laravel-vat-eu-validator-lang, this will copy our translation files to your app's vendor/laravelVatEuValidator "lang" path.

Testing

composer test

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

Security

If you discover any security related issues, please email barbaro.daniele@gmail.com instead of using the issue tracker.

Credits

• Daniele Barbaro

Contributors

• All Contributors

License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.

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