<?php

use Zend\Validator\ValidatorChain;
use Zend\Validator\NotEmpty;
use Zend\Validator\Between;
use Zend\Debug\Debug;

$chain = new ValidatorChain();

$chain->attach(new NotEmpty());
$chain->attach(new Between([
    'min' => 3,
    'max' => 9,
]));

Debug::dump($chain->isValid(''));
Debug::dump($chain->getMessages());

Debug::dump($chain->isValid(1));
Debug::dump($chain->getMessages());

Debug::dump($chain->isValid(5));
Debug::dump($chain->getMessages());

bool(false)

array(2) {
  ["isEmpty"] => string(36) "Value is required and can't be empty"
  ["valueNotNumeric"] => string(68) "The min ('3') and max ('9') values are numeric, but the input is not"
}

bool(false)

array(1) {
  ["notBetween"] => string(49) "The input is not between '3' and '9', inclusively"
}

bool(true)

array(0) {
}

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