Build Zend\FilterInput as phar

build.php

#!/usr/bin/php -dphar.readonly=0
<?php

$srcRoot = realpath(__DIR__."/vendor");
$iterator = new RecursiveIteratorIterator(new RecursiveDirectoryIterator($srcRoot, FilesystemIterator::SKIP_DOTS), RecursiveIteratorIterator::LEAVES_ONLY);

echo "Build ZF Form processing phar\n";

$phar = new Phar(__DIR__.'/zf-form.phar', 0, 'zf-form.phar');
$phar->buildFromIterator($iterator, $srcRoot);
$phar->setStub($phar->createDefaultStub("autoload.php"));

exit("Build complete\n");

composer.json

{
    "description": "Input filtering and form validation",
    "require": {
        "zendframework/zend-inputfilter": "2.2.*",
        "zendframework/zend-servicemanager": "2.2.*",
        "zendframework/zend-i18n": "2.2.*",
        "zendframework/zend-filter": "2.2.*",
        "zendframework/zend-validator": "2.2.*",
        "zendframework/zend-uri": "2.2.*",
        "zendframework/zend-escaper": "2.2.*"
    },
    "config": {
        "preferred-install": "dist"
    },
    "prefer-stable": true,
    "minimum-stability": "stable",
    "scripts": {
        "post-update-cmd": "php build.php",
        "post-install-cmd": "php build.php"
    }
}

example.php

<?php
use Zend\InputFilter\Input;
use Zend\InputFilter\InputFilter;

require(__DIR__."/zf-form.phar");


$filter = new InputFilter();

$input = new Input('first_name');
$input->setRequired(true);
$input->getFilterChain()->attachByName('strip_new_lines')
                        ->attachByName('strip_tags')
                        ->attachByName('string_trim')
                        ->attachByName('null');
$input->getValidatorChain()->attachByName('not_empty', array(), true)
                           ->attachByName('string_length', array('max'=>50));
$filter->add($input);


$input = new Input('last_name');
$input->setRequired(true);
$input->getFilterChain()->attachByName('strip_new_lines')
                        ->attachByName('strip_tags')
                        ->attachByName('string_trim')
                        ->attachByName('null');
$input->getValidatorChain()->attachByName('not_empty', array(), true)
                           ->attachByName('string_length', array('max'=>50));
$filter->add($input);


$input = new Input('email');
$input->setRequired(true);
$input->getFilterChain()->attachByName('strip_new_lines')
                        ->attachByName('strip_tags')
                        ->attachByName('string_trim')
                        ->attachByName('null');
$input->getValidatorChain()->attachByName('not_empty', array(), true)
                           ->attachByName('email_address')
                           ->attachByName('string_length', array('max' => 255));
$filter->add($input);

$input = new Input('email_confirm');
$input->setRequired(true);
$input->getFilterChain()->attachByName('strip_new_lines')
                        ->attachByName('strip_tags')
                        ->attachByName('string_trim')
                        ->attachByName('null');
$input->getValidatorChain()->attachByName('not_empty', array(), true)
                           ->attachByName('identical', array('token'=>'email'));
$filter->add($input);

$input = new Input('username');
$input->setRequired(true);
$input->getFilterChain()->attachByName('string_trim')
                        ->attachByName('null');
$input->getValidatorChain()->attachByName('not_empty', array(), true)
                           ->attachByName('alnum')
                           ->attachByName('string_length', array('max'=>20));
$filter->add($input);

$input = new Input('password');
$input->setRequired(true);
$input->getFilterChain()->attachByName('strip_new_lines')
                        ->attachByName('string_trim')
                        ->attachByName('null');
$input->getValidatorChain()->attachByName('not_empty', array(), true)
                           ->attachByName('string_length');
$filter->add($input);


$data = array(
    'first_name' => "Bo<b>b</b> \n ",
    'last_name' => "Smith",
    'email' => "bob@email.com",
    'email_confirm' => "bob@email.com",
    'username' => "bobsickle",
    'password' => "",
);

$filter->setData($data);

if ($filter->isValid()) {
    echo "This is valid".PHP_EOL;
    var_dump($filter->getValues());
} else {
    echo "Data is not valid".PHP_EOL;
    var_dump($filter->getMessages());
}