getOptions()

Returns the options of this validator which can be specified in the constructor

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todo:

Return type 'array' will be added in v12. Extensions should add this for v11 & v12 compatible extensions if they override getOptions(). AbstractValidator will add 'Result' return in v12.

validate()

Checks if the given value is valid according to the validator, and returns the Error Messages object which occurred.

Parameters

$value : mixed

The value that should be validated

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todo:

Return type 'Result' will be added in v12. Extensions should add this for v11 & v12 compatible extensions if they override validate(). AbstractValidator will add 'Result' return in v12.

todo:

Argument signature will be 'mixed $value' in v12, but AbstractValidator adds this starting with v13 only to simplify compat for extensions supporting v11 & v12 and thus PHP < 8.1.