Validation Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Localization roadmap: Informs whether to ship an Iran-specific experience with Persian-language form validation for mobile numbers, national IDs, bank cards, SHEBA numbers, postal codes, and Persian text inputs.
• Build vs. buy: Supports a “buy/reuse first” evaluation for commodity validation rules, while flagging that this specific package is archived and should be treated as a reference implementation rather than a long-term dependency.
• Checkout and onboarding quality: Helps product teams reduce invalid submissions and rework in signup, KYC, address, payment, and profile flows for Iranian users.
• Data integrity and compliance: Encourages decisions about normalizing Persian/Arabic digits and validating local identifiers at the edge, while clarifying that checksum validation is not identity verification.
• Time-to-market vs. maintainability trade-off: Quantifies the appeal of a MIT-licensed shortcut against the cost of owning a fork, compatibility testing, and security review.
• Use-case prioritization: Supports deciding whether localized validation is a launch blocker for an Iranian-market MVP or a later enhancement depending on customer segment and transaction risk.

When to Consider This Package

• You are maintaining a legacy Laravel application that already depends on this package or its rule set, and a short-term stabilization is cheaper than replacement.
• You need a reference specification for common Persian/Farsi validation rules, not a production dependency.
• You are doing a small, internal, or low-risk prototype where the form scope is limited and the package can be pinned, wrapped, and tested.
• Your team can fork and maintain the MIT-licensed code, including Laravel/PHP compatibility updates and rule corrections.
• You accept that validation is format/checksum-level only and will pair it with authoritative identity, payment, or regulatory checks where required.

Look elsewhere or build in-house when:

• You are starting a new production Laravel application; an archived package last released in 2017 is a maintenance and security liability.
• You need support for current Laravel/PHP versions, active security patching, or vendor accountability.
• The validation rules touch regulated KYC, payments, or identity data and require documented correctness, audits, and ongoing maintenance.
• You need broader localization than validation rules alone, such as Persian digit normalization, half-space handling, RTL UX, and Jalali date workflows.
• A maintained community package or a small internal rule library can cover the same checks with clearer ownership.

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

For executives: This package is a low-cost, MIT-licensed shortcut for Persian/Farsi form validation in Laravel, useful for Iranian-market flows such as signup, checkout, and address entry. However, it is archived, last released in 2017, and has modest community traction. Treat it as a reference or short-term accelerator, not a strategic dependency. The recommended decision is to reuse its rule definitions where useful, wrap or fork them if needed, and budget modest engineering ownership for maintenance, compatibility, and security review.

For engineering: The package can accelerate delivery of common Persian validation rules, but it is stale and unmaintained. Do not adopt it as an unexamined production dependency. Evaluate rule correctness, Laravel/PHP compatibility, digit normalization behavior, and test coverage. Prefer a thin internal adapter or fork so the rules can be replaced without touching product code. Validation should be defensive and paired with server-side authoritative checks for identity, payment, and regulated data.