Validate Kenyan Mobile Phone

A rule for validating Kenyan mobile number.

1. Why use this package

1. Save time from implementing your own validation rule.
2. Tested with phone number approved by Communications Authority of Kenya supported.

Info This package assumed that the phone number is either a 9 digit e.g 700325008 or 10 digit 0700325008. Number with leading zero (0) should be casted into an (int) before storing in a database. It also assumed that you will store the prefix +254 in different column or table.

2. Installation

You can install the package via composer:

composer require njoguamos/laravel-kenya-mobile

3. Usage

3.1 Inside a form request

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use NjoguAmos\KeMobile\KenyaMobileRule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;

class RegisterUserRequest extends FormRequest
{
    /** @return array<string, mixed> */
    public function rules(): array
    {
        return [
            // ... other rules
            'phone'    => ['nullable', new KenyaMobileRule(),'unique:users,phone'],
        ];
    }
}

3.2 Supported mobile numbers

Carrier	Prefix
Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd	100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106
Safaricom PLC	110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115
Jambo Telcoms Ltd	120
Infura Ltd	124
Hidiga Investments Ltd	126
Webtribe Ltd	128
NRG Media Ltd	130
Safaricom PLC	700, 701, 702, 703, 704, 705, 706, 707, 708, 709
Safaricom PLC	710, 711, 712, 713, 714, 715, 716, 717, 718, 719
Safaricom PLC	720, 721, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 727, 728, 729
Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd	730, 731, 732, 733, 734, 735, 736, 737, 738, 739
Safaricom PLC	740, 741, 742, 743
Homelands Media Ltd	744
Safaricom PLC	745, 746
Jamii Telecoms Ltd	747
Safaricom Ltd	748
IEBC in KIEMS Kits	749
Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd	750, 751, 752, 753, 754, 755, 756
Safaricom Ltd	757, 758, 759
Mobile Pay Ltd	760
Eferio Kenya Ltd	761
Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd	762
Finserve Africa Ltd	763, 764, 765, 766
Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd	767
Safaricom PLC	768, 769
Telkom Kenya Ltd	770, 771, 772, 773, 774, 775, 776, 777, 778, 779
Airtel Networks Kenya Ltd	780, 781, 782, 783, 784, 785, 786, 787, 788, 789
Safaricom PLC	790, 791, 792, 793, 794, 795, 796, 797, 798, 799

4. Testing

composer test

5. Changelog

Please see RELEASES for more information what has changed recently.

6. Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.

7. Security Vulnerabilities

If you discover any security related issues, please email njoguamos@gmail.com instead of using the issue tracker.

8. Credits

• Njogu Amos
• All Contributors

9. License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.