public function validate( $input )
    {
        $uuidv4Pattern = '(^([0-9a-fA-F]{8})-?([0-9a-fA-F]{4})-?(4[0-9a-fA-F]{3})-?([89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3})-?([0-9a-fA-F]{12})$)';
        if ( preg_match( $uuidv4Pattern, $input, $matches ) !== 1 ) 
        {
            throw new phpillowValidationException( 
                'A uuid version 4 is required. Something else has been given.',
                array()
            );
        }

        return strtolower( 
            $matches[1] . '-' . $matches[2] . '-' . $matches[3] . '-' . $matches[4] . '-' . $matches[5]
        );
    }
public function validate( $input )
    {
        $uuidv4Pattern = '(^([0-9a-fA-F]{8})-?([0-9a-fA-F]{4})-?(4[0-9a-fA-F]{3})-?([89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3})-?([0-9a-fA-F]{12})$)';
        if ( preg_match( $uuidv4Pattern, $input, $matches ) !== 1 ) 
        {
            throw new phpillowValidationException( 
                'A uuid version 4 is required. Something else has been given.',
                array()
            );
        }

        return strtolower( 
            $matches[1] . '-' . $matches[2] . '-' . $matches[3] . '-' . $matches[4] . '-' . $matches[5]
        );
    }
public function validate ( $ input ) { $ uuidv4Pattern = '(^([0-9a-fA-F]{8})-?([0-9a-fA-F]{4})-?(4[0-9a-fA-F]{3})-?([89abAB][0-9a-fA-F]{3})-?([0-9a-fA-F]{12})$)' ; if ( preg_match ( $ uuidv4Pattern , $ input , $ matches ) !== 1 ) { throw new phpillowValidationException ( 'A uuid version 4 is required. Something else has been given.' , array ( ) ) ; } return strtolower ( $ matches [ 1 ] . '-' . $ matches [ 2 ] . '-' . $ matches [ 3 ] . '-' . $ matches [ 4 ] . '-' . $ matches [ 5 ] ) ; }
Validate input as uuid version 4

@param string $input

@throws phpillowValidationException if the given input does not conform
to a uuid version 4

@return string
Validate input as uuid version 4