An Yii2 validator for EU VAT numbers

EU VAT validator for Yii2

based on https://github.com/herdani/vat-validation

About

The

• Validate a VAT number
• Retrieve information like the name or the address of the company

The data is extracted from a European Commission webservice

It ONLY works for European Union countries

Requirements

PHP with Soap enabled

Install

composer require elvenpath/yii2-eu-vatvalidator

Usage

public function rules()
{
    return [
        [
            'vat',
            EuVatValidator::className(),
            'country_code' => $this->country_code,
        ],
    ];
}

You can also populate the model with the company name and address got from the EU database

public function rules()
{
    return [
        [
            'vat',
            EuVatValidator::className(),
            'country_code' => $this->country_code,
            'populate_model' => true,
            'model_name_attribute' => 'name',
            'model_address_attribute' => 'address'
        ],
    ];
}

Disclaimer

Take a look at http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/viesdisc.do to know when/how you're allowed to use this service and his information