Validating phone numbers from a database (model)

[fueguino84]

Hi, I'm using this library to format phone numbers on the views, but input data is not validated, so this can come to Exception errors.

I want is to check the data before sending it to the view, within the controller or ideally in the model. Is there a isValidNumber() or similar function available, or another way to accomplish this?

I tried adding use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator; at my model and this code
$validator = Validator::make(['number' => $data->number],['number' => 'phone:AUTO,AR']); if ($validator->fails()) die('error'); else die('paso');

But I get this error: Method [validatePhone] does not exist. So I think phone validation is not available within the model.

Any suggestion on how to validate these phone numbers coming from my database tithin the model?

[Propaganistas]

Validating the database's phone number as you described should work fine.
By looking at the error message I suspect that the package's service provider didn't register (yet?). Are you sure that the application has fully booted before calling that validator?

[fueguino84]

Thank you, it worked after adding Propaganistas\LaravelPhone\PhoneServiceProvider::class to app.php. I thought it wasn't neccesary.

[Propaganistas]

It should register automatically if you're on Laravel 5.5+.
Running php artisan package:discover rediscovers everything.

if that doesn't work out then there's something uncommon in your environment.
But either way manually registering the provider works equally well of course.