Filtering

In addition to per-field configuration, each field can be assigned a set of validators and filters. Laminas\InputFilter\InputFilter runs filters before validators, giving you the opportunity to "cleanup" and normalize data.

The Laminas\Filter component is used to accomplish the filtering phase of content validation.

Here is a list of the available filters:

Filter documentation

Filters are executed prior to validation, allowing you to perform normalization tasks.

In this example we'll add a StringTrim filter to the name field. To add a filter for a specific field you need to click on the plus (+) button on the "filter" column:

Content Validation Filtering Setup

Once this is in place, we'll issue a request to the contact service that looks like this:

POST /contact HTTP/1.1
Accept: application/json
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8

{
    "age": "34",
    "email": "ralph@rs.com",
    "name": " Ralph Schindler "
}

And the response:

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/hal+json
Location: http://localhost:8000/contact/5

{
    "_links": {
        "self": {
            "href": "http://localhost:8000/contact/5"
        }
    },
    "age": "34",
    "email": "ralph@rs.com",
    "id": 5,
    "name": "Ralph Schindler",
    "notes": null
}

As you will notice, name was provided with leading and trailing whitespace, but the response field does not contain the whitespace.