Validator Bundle Laravel Package

Product Decisions This Supports

• Standardization Across Products: Unifies validation logic for scalar values (emails, phone numbers, monetary values, etc.) across all Symfony-based products, reducing inconsistencies and maintenance overhead. Critical for enterprises with multiple microservices or monolithic apps.
• Regulatory Compliance as a Feature: Enables rapid compliance with region-specific validation requirements (e.g., French SIREN/SIRET, Belgian Enterprise Number) without custom development. Directly supports expansion into EU/Francophone markets.
• Developer Experience (DX) Investment: Reduces cognitive load for backend developers by abstracting away repetitive validation logic. Aligns with the goal of making Symfony development more intuitive and less error-prone.
• Roadmap for Data Integrity: Facilitates the rollout of stricter data validation in high-risk areas (e.g., payments, user authentication) by providing validated, production-tested constraints. Supports future initiatives like GDPR compliance or fraud prevention.
• Build vs. Buy Decision: Eliminates the need to reinvent validation wheels for common use cases, freeing up engineering resources for higher-value work. The bundle’s MIT license and active development make it a safer "buy" than a custom solution.
• Use Cases:
  • Global User Onboarding: Validate emails, phone numbers, and timezones for international users with minimal code.
  • E-Commerce and Payments: Ensure monetary values, IBANs, and French business identifiers (SIREN/SIRET) are valid before processing transactions.
  • Geolocation Services: Validate latitude/longitude inputs for mapping, logistics, or delivery services.
  • Compliance-Heavy Applications: Automate validation for region-specific identifiers (e.g., French RNA, Belgian Enterprise Number) to reduce legal risks.
  • Legacy System Modernization: Retrofit validation logic into older Symfony apps (v7.0+) without rewriting existing validation rules.

When to Consider This Package

• Adopt if:

  • Your team is using Symfony 7.0+ and needs to standardize validation logic for scalar values (emails, phone numbers, monetary values, etc.).
  • You require region-specific validation (e.g., French SIREN/SIRET, Belgian Enterprise Number) to comply with local regulations or business requirements.
  • Your application handles high-volume data entry (e.g., user registrations, payments) where validation errors are costly (e.g., failed transactions, support tickets).
  • You want to reduce technical debt by replacing ad-hoc validation logic with a maintained, community-supported solution.
  • Your team is using Doctrine ORM and wants to auto-validate entity properties based on their types (e.g., iban, email fields).
  • You need to validate geospatial data (latitude/longitude) or time-sensitive inputs (timezone validation) in a consistent manner.
  • You’re building a multi-region application and need to support diverse validation rules without custom development.
  • Your roadmap includes scalability (e.g., microservices) where consistent validation across services is critical.

• Look elsewhere if:

  • You’re not using Symfony (this bundle is Symfony-specific and requires Symfony’s dependency injection and validation components).
  • Your validation needs are highly custom or niche and not covered by the bundle’s constraints (e.g., domain-specific business rules for complex objects).
  • You require asynchronous validation (e.g., API request validation without Symfony’s framework).
  • Your team prefers attribute-based validation exclusively (though the bundle supports both annotations and attributes).
  • You’re using Symfony <6.0 (minimum supported version is Symfony 7.0).
  • You need real-time validation for dynamic forms or client-side validation without server-side dependencies.
  • Your application relies on non-scalar validation (e.g., nested objects, arrays, or complex graphs) that aren’t covered by the bundle.
  • You’re in a highly regulated industry (e.g., healthcare, finance) where custom validators are required for audit trails or specific compliance needs not addressed by the bundle.

How to Pitch It (Stakeholders)

For Executives/Stakeholders:

*"The AssoConnect Validator Bundle is a strategic investment to reduce costs, improve compliance, and accelerate development in our Symfony applications. Here’s why it’s a no-brainer:

• Cost Savings: Eliminates the need to build and maintain custom validation logic for common use cases (emails, phone numbers, monetary values), saving 30–50% of development time on validation-heavy features.
• Regulatory Safety Net: Built-in validators for French SIREN/SIRET, Belgian Enterprise Numbers, and other region-specific identifiers ensure we meet local compliance requirements without legal risks.
• Scalability: Standardizes validation across microservices or monolithic apps, making it easier to scale globally while maintaining data integrity.
• Risk Reduction: Reduces errors in critical workflows (e.g., payments, user onboarding) by using production-tested, maintained validators instead of ad-hoc code.
• Low Overhead: The MIT license and active development mean we’re not locked into a proprietary solution—just a plug-and-play upgrade for our existing Symfony stack. Example: For our e-commerce platform, this bundle will automatically validate IBANs and French business identifiers, reducing payment failures by 20% while cutting development time by 40% for new validation features.*

Ask: Should we prioritize this for our next Symfony release to unlock these efficiencies?"

For Engineering Teams:

*"The AssoConnect Validator Bundle is a game-changer for how we handle validation in Symfony. Here’s what it solves for you:

• Less Boilerplate, More Features: Replace repetitive @Assert annotations with concise @AssoConnectAssert constraints (e.g., @Email(), @FrenchSiren()). For example:

  #[AssoConnectAssert\FrenchSiren()]
  private string $sirenNumber;
  

  is cleaner and more maintainable than manually combining @Length, @Regex, and @NotBlank.
• Auto-Validation for Doctrine Entities: The @Entity() constraint automatically applies validators based on Doctrine types. For instance:

  #[AssoConnectAssert\Entity()]
  class BankAccount {
      #[ORM\Column(type: 'iban')]
      public string $iban;
  }
  

  is equivalent to manually writing @Iban(), @Length(27), and @NotNull(). No more guesswork!
• Region-Specific Superpowers: Need to validate French SIREN/SIRET or Belgian Enterprise Numbers? Done in one line. No more Googling regex patterns or debugging custom validators.
• Extensible: Want to override defaults? Extend the bundle’s constraints or validators in minutes:

  class CustomEmailValidator extends EmailValidator {
      protected function validateEmail(string $email): bool {
          // Custom logic here
      }
  }
  

• Future-Proof: Supports Symfony 7.0+, PHP 8.3+, and includes Rector for code refactoring. No legacy tech debt here.
• Community Backed: Actively maintained with recent updates (June 2026) and a growing list of validators (e.g., NIF, Belgian Enterprise Number).

How to Start:

1. Add to composer.json: composer require assoconnect/validator-bundle.
2. Accept Symfony Flex’s recipe (or configure manually).
3. Replace custom validators with @AssoConnectAssert constraints in your entities/DTOs.
4. Profit: Less validation bugs, faster development, and happier QA teams.

Ask: Which validation pain points should we tackle first with this bundle? (e.g., user onboarding, payments, or geolocation?)"*