From 5974a58b3fc4c5dab346006f0235abc9dc8622b3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Han Lin Yap <codler@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2012 18:26:54 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] validate ip

---
 laravel/validator.php | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/laravel/validator.php b/laravel/validator.php
index f7912065..7d1a765a 100644
--- a/laravel/validator.php
+++ b/laravel/validator.php
@@ -426,6 +426,18 @@ protected function validate_unique($attribute, $value, $parameters)
 
 		return $query->count() == 0;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Validate that an attribute is a valid IP.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $attribute
+	 * @param  mixed   $value
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function validate_ip($attribute, $value)
+	{
+		return filter_var($value, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP) !== false;
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Validate that an attribute is a valid e-mail address.