How to Validate First Names in PHP

With the free-to-use API solution provided below, you can easily validate first name input fields with a simple, low-code request. The underlying service will identify whether first name inputs are valid & known, valid & unknown, or spam inputs (i.e., containing special characters).

To take advantage of this API for free, grab a free-tier API key from the Cloudmersive website and then run the following command to install the client SDK:

composer require cloudmersive/cloudmersive_validate_api_client

After that, copy & paste from the ready-to-run PHP code examples below to structure your API call:

<?php
require_once(__DIR__ . '/vendor/autoload.php');

// Configure API key authorization: Apikey
$config = Swagger\Client\Configuration::getDefaultConfiguration()->setApiKey('Apikey', 'YOUR_API_KEY');



$apiInstance = new Swagger\Client\Api\NameApi(
    
    
    new GuzzleHttp\Client(),
    $config
);
$input = new \Swagger\Client\Model\FirstNameValidationRequest(); // \Swagger\Client\Model\FirstNameValidationRequest | Validation request information

try {
    $result = $apiInstance->nameValidateFirstName($input);
    print_r($result);
} catch (Exception $e) {
    echo 'Exception when calling NameApi->nameValidateFirstName: ', $e->getMessage(), PHP_EOL;
}
?>

Now you can easily validate name entry fields in your applications. Simple as that!