vies-vat-validator

Validates an Euopean VAT code against European Comission VIES Database

Installation

Copy all php files to the same directory of your web server. You can delete vat.php if you do not plan to allow access to the validator directly.

Parameters are passed via GET and both are mandatory:

You can also instantiate a VatValidator object to use it in your app:

$validator = new VatValidator(); $validator->check('ES','1111111');

You'll need to require_once('VatValidator.php') or use an autoloader.

The output is a json object like:

{ is_valid: true/false }

There is a minimal error reporting. Log messages are reported like:

{ error_message: "XXXXX" }

The errors logged are: