'Invalid type given. String expected', self::NOT_ALPHA => 'The input contains non alphabetic characters', self::STRING_EMPTY => 'The input is an empty string' ]; /** * Options for this validator * * @var array */ protected $options = [ 'allowWhiteSpace' => false, // Whether to allow white space characters; off by default ]; /** * Returns true if and only if $value contains only alphabetic characters * * @param string $value * @return bool */ public function isValid($value) { if (! is_string($value)) { $this->error(self::INVALID); return false; } $this->setValue($value); if ('' === $value) { $this->error(self::STRING_EMPTY); return false; } if (null === static::$filter) { static::$filter = new AlphaFilter(); } //static::$filter->setAllowWhiteSpace($this->allowWhiteSpace); static::$filter->setAllowWhiteSpace($this->options['allowWhiteSpace']); if ($value !== static::$filter->filter($value)) { $this->error(self::NOT_ALPHA); return false; } return true; } }