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app/helpers.php

@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 <?php
 
+const VALI_NAME = 'string|regex:/^[a-z0-9_.-]+$/i|max:255';
+const VALI_PASSWORD = 'string|min:6|max:1024';
+const VALI_EMAIL = 'string|email|max:255';
+const VALI_TEXT = 'string|max:4095';
+const VALI_LINE = 'string|max:255';
+
 // global helpers
 function authed() {
     return ! \Auth::guest();
@@ -22,3 +28,39 @@ function faker() {
     if ($fac !== null) return $fac;
     return $fac = Faker\Factory::create();
 }
+
+/**
+ * Recursively expand validation rules
+ *
+ * @param $arr
+ * @return array
+ */
+function vali($arr) {
+    $result = [];
+    foreach ($arr as $key => $rules) {
+        // top level
+        if (is_array($rules)) {
+            $ar = [];
+            foreach ($rules as $rule) {
+                if (is_string($rule) && strpos($rule, '|') !== false) {
+                    foreach (explode('|', $rule) as $rr) {
+                        $ar[] = $rr;
+                    }
+                } else if (is_array($rule)) {
+                    // nested array, assume no further recursion
+                    foreach ($rule as $rr) {
+                        $ar[] = $rr;
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    // Rule
+                    $ar[] = $rule;
+                }
+            }
+            $result[$key] = $ar;
+        } else {
+            // string or Rule
+            $result[$key] = $rules;
+        }
+    }
+    return $result;
+}