EU VAT number validator

[SentinelTower]

Hi all,

I have written a PHP class to validate Eu VAT Numbers. It queries the VIES SOAP API and validates the format beforehand.

There is a set of regular expressions to validate the number and it would be great if companies with a valid EU VAT number could check if their number is correctly validated.

The project is here : https://github.com/suikatech/EuVatValidator

It runs on PHP, and you can use the demo file to validate your number using the form included.

Please tell your country in your feedbacks.

Thanks !

 

[HalfEatenPie]

Looks great!  

Out of curiosity, possible to make this into something like a WHMCS extension for easy integration?  

 

[William]

What is 'EL'? No such country code.

case "EL": if (preg_match("/^EL[0-9]{9}/", $vatNumberFull) != 1) { return false; } break;

 

[vld]

What is 'EL'? No such country code.

case "EL": if (preg_match("/^EL[0-9]{9}/", $vatNumberFull) != 1) { return false; } break;

Greece

 

[rds100]

What is 'EL'? No such country code.

case "EL": if (preg_match("/^EL[0-9]{9}/", $vatNumberFull) != 1) { return false; } break;

ELlada ;-)

 

[William]

Strange Greeks can't even use their own country code... weird

 

[zafouhar]

The country code for Greece is EL as far as I am aware

 

[William]

No, the ISO code is GR.

 

[DomainBop]

Greece

 EL is the ISO alpha-2 language code for the Greek language (alpha-3 is ELL)

ISO country code is GR (alpha-2) or GRC (alpha-3)

 

[SentinelTower]

Looks great!  

Out of curiosity, possible to make this into something like a WHMCS extension for easy integration?  

I have not worked with WHMCS, so I do not know how hard it would be. However, the class is plain PHP, it should be easy to reuse and to integrate.

About "EL", yup this is for greece. The format of the EU VAT Numbers is described here : http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/faq.html?locale=en#item_11