From c8e17a06208dd6bd27bd8dc3c28790170438906a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincent Langlet <vincentlanglet@hotmail.fr>
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2023 16:20:20 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add option to disable existence check

---
 src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumber.php        |  2 ++
 .../Constraints/VatNumberValidator.php         | 18 +++++++++++-------
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumber.php b/src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumber.php
index 7ccbc3a..30a67d2 100644
--- a/src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumber.php
+++ b/src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumber.php
@@ -10,4 +10,6 @@ class VatNumber extends Constraint
     public const INVALID_ERROR_CODE = '59421d43-d474-489c-b18c-7701329d51a0';
 
     public string $message = '"{{ string }}" does not look like a valid VAT number.';
+
+    public bool $checkExistence = true;
 }
diff --git a/src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumberValidator.php b/src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumberValidator.php
index d241538..95b1caa 100644
--- a/src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumberValidator.php
+++ b/src/Validator/Constraints/VatNumberValidator.php
@@ -29,13 +29,17 @@ public function validate(mixed $value, Constraint $constraint) : void
         }
 
         $validator = new Validator();
-        try {
-            $valid = $validator->validateVatNumber($value);
-        } catch (ViesException $e) {
-            // ignore VIES VAT exceptions (when the service is down)
-            // this could mean that an unexisting VAT number passes validation,
-            // but it's (probably) better than a hard-error
-            $valid = true;
+        if ($constraint->checkExistence) {
+            try {
+                $valid = $validator->validateVatNumber($value);
+            } catch (ViesException $e) {
+                // ignore VIES VAT exceptions (when the service is down)
+                // this could mean that an unexisting VAT number passes validation,
+                // but it's (probably) better than a hard-error
+                $valid = true;
+            }
+        } else {
+            $valid = $validator->validateVatNumberFormat($value);
         }
 
         if (false === $valid) {