NAME

Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Validate - Plugin providing data validation methods

SYNOPSIS

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->method( ... ); # Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Validate->method()

DESCRIPTION

Common methods used for validating user input.

PREREQUISITES

This package is part of a larger distribution and was NOT intended to be used directly. In order for this plugin to work properly, the following packages must be installed:

      Apache2::WebApp
      Date::Calc
      Data::Validate::URI
      Email::Valid
      HTTP::BrowserDetect
      Net::DNS::Check
      Params::Validate

INSTALLATION

From source:

      $ tar xfz Apache2-WebApp-Plugin-Validate-0.X.X.tar.gz
      $ perl MakeFile.PL PREFIX=~/path/to/custom/dir LIB=~/path/to/custom/lib
      $ make
      $ make test     <--- Make sure you do this before contacting me
      $ make install

Perl one liner using CPAN.pm:

perl -MCPAN -e 'install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Validate'

Use of CPAN.pm in interactive mode:

      $> perl -MCPAN -e shell
      cpan> install Apache2::WebApp::Plugin::Validate
      cpan> quit

Just like the manual installation of Perl modules, the user may need root access during this process to insure write permission is allowed within the installation directory.

OBJECT METHODS
browser
Check if the request is from a browser.

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->browser();

currency
Check the currency format (0.00)

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->currency($total);

date
Check the date format (YYYY-MM-DD)

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->date($date);

date_is_future
Is the date in the future? (YYYY-MM-DD)

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->date_is_future($date);

date_is_past
Is the date in the past? (YYYY-MM-DD)

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->date_is_past($date);

domain
Check the domain name format; verify the domain status using a DNS query.

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->domain($name);

email
Check the e-mail address format; verify the domain status using a DNS query.

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->email( $address, $mx_check );

integer
Check for a integer.

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->integer($value);

html
Check for HTML markup.

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->html($markup);

url
Check the URL.

my $result = $c->plugin('Validate')->url($string);

SEE ALSO

Apache2::WebApp, Apache2::WebApp::Plugin, Data::Validate::URI, Email::Valid, HTTP::BrowserDetect, Net::DNS::Check

AUTHOR

Marc S. Brooks, <mbrooks@cpan.org> - <http://mbrooks.info>

COPYRIGHT

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

See <http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html>