Emoji

• Emoji()

Validates if the input is an emoji or a sequence of emojis.

v::emoji()->assert('🍕');
// Validation passes successfully

v::emoji()->assert('🎈');
// Validation passes successfully

v::emoji()->assert('⚡');
// Validation passes successfully

v::emoji()->assert('🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🏄🌊🌊🌊🏖🌴');
// Validation passes successfully

v::emoji()->assert('🇧🇷'); // (Country flags)
// Validation passes successfully

v::emoji()->assert('👨‍👩‍👧‍👦'); // (ZWJ sequence)
// Validation passes successfully

v::emoji()->assert('👩🏽'); // (Skin tone modifier)
// Validation passes successfully

v::emoji()->assert('1️⃣'); // (Keycap sequence)
// Validation passes successfully

v::emoji()->assert('Hello World');
// → "Hello World" must be an emoji

v::emoji()->assert('this is a spark ⚡'); // (Mixed content)
// → "this is a spark ⚡" must be an emoji

This validator supports:

• Basic emojis and pictographs
• Skin tone modifiers (Fitzpatrick scale)
• Country flags (regional indicator sequences)
• Subdivision flags (tag sequences like 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿)
• Keycap sequences (0️⃣-9️⃣, #️⃣, *️⃣)
• ZWJ (Zero Width Joiner) sequences for families, professions, and combined emojis
• Emojis up to Unicode 17.0 / Emoji 16.0

Templates

Emoji::TEMPLATE_STANDARD

Mode	Template
default	{{subject}} must be an emoji
inverted	{{subject}} must not be an emoji

Template placeholders

Placeholder	Description
subject	The validated input or the custom validator name (if specified).

Categorization

• Strings

Changelog

Version	Description
3.0.0	Renamed to Emoji, changed the behavior, and added support for more emojis
2.0.0	Created as NotEmoji

See Also

• Alnum
• Alpha
• Decimal
• Digit