File Validators

NotExists

Laminas\Validator\File\NotExists checks for the existence of files in specified directories.

This validator is inversely related to the Exists validator.

Supported Options

The following set of options are supported:

• directory: Array of directories or comma-delimited string of directories against which to validate.

Basic Usage

use Laminas\Validator\File\NotExists;

// Only allow files that do not exist in ~either~ directories
$validator = new NotExists('/tmp,/var/tmp');

// ... or with array notation:
$validator = new NotExists(['/tmp', '/var/tmp']);

// ... or using options notation:
$validator = new NotExists(['directory' => [
    '/tmp',
    '/var/tmp',
]]);

// Perform validation
if ($validator->isValid('/home/myfile.txt')) {
    // file is valid
}

Checks against all directories

This validator checks whether the specified file does not exist in any of the given directories; validation will fail if the file exists in one (or more) of the given directories.