moved validation/errors into system/messages... not just useful for error messages.

system/validation/errors.php → system/messages.php

-<?php namespace System\Validation;
+<?php namespace System;
 
-class Errors {
+class Messages {
 
 	/**
-	 * All of the error messages.
+	 * All of the messages.
 	 *
 	 * @var array
 	 */
 	public $messages;
 
 	/**
-	 * Create a new Errors instance.
+	 * Create a new Messages instance.
 	 *
 	 * @return void
 	 */
@@ -20,67 +20,67 @@ class Errors {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Add an error message to the collector.
+	 * Add a message to the collector.
 	 *
 	 * Duplicate messages will not be added.
 	 *
-	 * @param  string  $attribute
+	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @param  string  $message
 	 * @return void
 	 */
-	public function add($attribute, $message)
+	public function add($key, $message)
 	{
-		// Make sure the error message is not duplicated.
-		if ( ! array_key_exists($attribute, $this->messages) or ! is_array($this->messages[$attribute]) or ! in_array($message, $this->messages[$attribute]))
+		// Make sure the message is not duplicated.
+		if ( ! array_key_exists($key, $this->messages) or ! is_array($this->messages[$key]) or ! in_array($message, $this->messages[$key]))
 		{
-			$this->messages[$attribute][] = $message;
+			$this->messages[$key][] = $message;
 		}
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Determine if errors exist for an attribute.
+	 * Determine if messages exist for a given key.
 	 *
-	 * @param  string  $attribute
+	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @return bool
 	 */
-	public function has($attribute)
+	public function has($key)
 	{
-		return $this->first($attribute) !== '';
+		return $this->first($key) !== '';
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get the first error message for an attribute.
+	 * Get the first message for a given key.
 	 *
-	 * @param  string  $attribute
+	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @param  string  $format
 	 * @return string
 	 */
-	public function first($attribute, $format = ':message')
+	public function first($key, $format = ':message')
 	{
-		return (count($messages = $this->get($attribute, $format)) > 0) ? $messages[0] : '';
+		return (count($messages = $this->get($key, $format)) > 0) ? $messages[0] : '';
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get all of the error messages for an attribute.
+	 * Get all of the messages for a key.
 	 *
-	 * If no attribute is specified, all of the error messages will be returned.
+	 * If no key is specified, all of the messages will be returned.
 	 *
-	 * @param  string  $attribute
+	 * @param  string  $key
 	 * @param  string  $format
 	 * @return array
 	 */
-	public function get($attribute = null, $format = ':message')
+	public function get($key = null, $format = ':message')
 	{
-		if (is_null($attribute))
+		if (is_null($key))
 		{
 			return $this->all($format);
 		}
 
-		return (array_key_exists($attribute, $this->messages)) ? $this->format($this->messages[$attribute], $format) : array();
+		return (array_key_exists($key, $this->messages)) ? $this->format($this->messages[$key], $format) : array();
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Get all of the error messages.
+	 * Get all of the messages.
 	 *
 	 * @param  string  $format
 	 * @return array

system/validator.php

@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ class Validator {
 	 */
 	public function valid()
 	{
-		$this->errors = new Validation\Errors;
+		$this->errors = new Messages;
 
 		foreach ($this->rules as $attribute => $rules)
 		{