Hostname

This constraint ensures that the given value is a valid host name (internally it uses the FILTER_VALIDATE_DOMAIN option of the :phpfunction:`filter_var` PHP function).

New in version 5.1: The Hostname constraint was introduced in Symfony 5.1.

Applies to

property or method

Class

Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\Hostname

Validator

Symfony\Component\Validator\Constraints\HostnameValidator

Basic Usage

To use the Hostname validator, apply it to a property on an object that will contain a host name.

The following top-level domains (TLD) are reserved according to RFC 2606 and that’s why hostnames containing them are not considered valid: .example, .invalid, .localhost, and .test.

Note

As with most of the other constraints, null and empty strings are considered valid values. This is to allow them to be optional values. If the value is mandatory, a common solution is to combine this constraint with NotBlank.

Options

groups

type: array | string

It defines the validation group or groups of this constraint. Read more about validation groups.

message

type: string default: This value is not a valid hostname.

The default message supplied when the value is not a valid hostname.

You can use the following parameters in this message:

Parameter

Description

{{ value }}

The current (invalid) value

{{ label }}

Corresponding form field label

New in version 5.2: The {{ label }} parameter was introduced in Symfony 5.2.

payload

type: mixed default: null

This option can be used to attach arbitrary domain-specific data to a constraint. The configured payload is not used by the Validator component, but its processing is completely up to you.

For example, you may want to use several error levels to present failed constraints differently in the front-end depending on the severity of the error.

requireTld

type: boolean default: true

By default, hostnames are considered valid only when they are fully qualified and include their TLDs (top-level domain names). For instance, example.com is valid but example is not.

Set this option to false to not require any TLD in the hostnames.

Note

This constraint does not validate that the given TLD value is included in the list of official top-level domains (because that list is growing continuously and it’s hard to keep track of it).