Chilean Bundle

A PHP composer package with Chilean validations, formatters and utilities. Viva Chile Mier...

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\{Rut, Iva, Clp, Phone, Region};

Rut::check('12.345.678-5'); // true
Iva::add(10000); // 11900
Clp::format(1234567); // '$1.234.567'
Phone::check('+56 9 8765 4321'); // true
Region::Metropolitana->capital(); // 'Santiago'

This package includes

| Feature | Class | Description | |---|---|---| | R.U.T. | Rut | Validation, formatting, parsing and generation of Chilean RUTs | | I.V.A. | Iva | Chilean VAT (19%) constants and calculations | | Pesos (CLP) | Clp | Format and parse Chilean peso amounts | | Phones | Phone | Validate, normalize and format Chilean phone numbers | | Regions | Region | Enum with the 16 regions of Chile (names, numerals, capitals) | | Comunas | Comuna | Enum with the 346 comunas backed by their official CUT code | | Laravel | — | cl_rut / cl_phone validation rules, Rule object, Facade and Eloquent cast |

Requirements

• PHP 8.2+
• Laravel 10+ (optional, only for the Laravel integration — the test suite runs against Laravel 11 and 12)

Using PHP 5.x/7.x or an older Laravel? Stick with freshwork/chilean-bundle:^2.2 — the legacy 2.x series supports PHP 5.4+.

Installation

composer require freshwork/chilean-bundle

If you're using Laravel, the package supports Auto-Discovery, so you're done. If you're not using Laravel, just use the classes directly — they have no dependencies.

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R.U.T.

The Basics

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Rut;

Rut::parse('11.111.111-1')->validate(); // true
Rut::check('11.111.111-1'); // true (never throws)

$rut = new Rut('11.111.111', '1');
$rut->validate(); // true

parse()

The recommended way of creating a Rut. It automatically separates the verification number (dígito verificador) from the rest of the number, and escapes dots, dashes and spaces.

Rut::parse('11.111.111-1')->validate(); // true
Rut::parse('12.345.678-5')->validate(); // true
Rut::parse('123456785')->validate(); // true
Rut::parse('1.23.45.6.7.8-5')->validate(); // true

check()

The quickest way to know if a string is a valid RUT. It never throws exceptions.

Rut::check('12.345.678-5'); // true
Rut::check('12.345.678-9'); // false
Rut::check('not-a-rut'); // false

validate() / isValid()

validate() is an alias of isValid(). If the RUT is well-formed but the verification number is wrong, it returns false:

Rut::parse('12.345.678-9')->validate(); // false

If the RUT has an invalid format, it throws Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Exceptions\InvalidFormatException:

Rut::parse('12.3k5.6L8-9')->validate(); // throws InvalidFormatException
Rut::set('12.345.678')->validate(); // throws: no verification number set

Quiet mode

Use quiet() to return false instead of throwing. Re-enable exceptions with use_exceptions().

Rut::parse('12.3k5.6L8-9')->quiet()->validate(); // false, no exception

format() & normalize()

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\RutFormat;

Rut::parse('123456785')->format(); // '12.345.678-5'
Rut::parse('123456785')->format(RutFormat::Complete); // '12.345.678-5'
Rut::parse('123456785')->format(RutFormat::WithDash); // '12345678-5'
Rut::parse('123456785')->format(RutFormat::Escaped); // '123456785'

// normalize() is an alias of format(RutFormat::Escaped) — ideal for storing in a database
Rut::parse('12.345.678-5')->normalize(); // '123456785'

The legacy Rut::FORMAT_* int constants still work. On an invalid RUT, format() throws an InvalidFormatException (or returns false in quiet mode).

calculateVerificationNumber() & fix()

Rut::set('12.345.678')->calculateVerificationNumber(); // '5'

Rut::parse('12.345.678-9')->fix()->format(); // '12.345.678-5' (vn corrected)
Rut::set('12345678')->fix()->validate(); // true

random()

Generates a random valid RUT. Useful for seeders, factories and tests.

Rut::random(); // e.g. 17.062.139-5
Rut::random(5000000, 30000000); // custom range

Getters, setters & serialization

Rut::parse('12.345.678-5')->number(); // '12345678'
Rut::parse('12.345.678-5')->vn(); // '5'
Rut::parse('12.345.678-5')->toArray(); // ['12345678', '5']

(string) Rut::parse('123456785'); // '12.345.678-5' (Stringable)
json_encode(['rut' => Rut::parse('123456785')]); // {"rut":"12.345.678-5"} (JsonSerializable)

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I.V.A.

Chilean VAT helpers. All amounts are rounded to the nearest peso (CLP has no decimals).

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Iva;

Iva::RATE; // 0.19
Iva::PERCENTAGE; // 19

Iva::of(10000); // 1900 — IVA for a net amount
Iva::add(10000); // 11900 — gross (net + IVA)
Iva::net(11900); // 10000 — net from a gross amount
Iva::fromGross(11900); // 1900 — IVA contained in a gross amount

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Pesos (CLP)

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Clp;

Clp::format(1234567); // '$1.234.567'
Clp::format(-1234567); // '-$1.234.567'
Clp::format(1234567, symbol: false); // '1.234.567'

Clp::parse('$1.234.567'); // 1234567
Clp::parse('-$1.234'); // -1234

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Phones

Chilean phone numbers have 9 national digits: mobiles start with 9, landlines with 2–7 (area code included).

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Phone;

Phone::check('+56 9 8765 4321'); // true
Phone::check('09-8765 4321'); // true
Phone::check('12345678'); // false

$phone = Phone::parse('09 8765 4321');
$phone->isValid(); // true
$phone->isMobile(); // true
$phone->isLandline(); // false
$phone->number(); // '987654321' (normalized national number)
$phone->e164(); // '+56987654321'
$phone->format(); // '+56 9 8765 4321'
(string) $phone; // '+56 9 8765 4321'

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Regions

An enum with the 16 regions of Chile, backed by their official region number.

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Region;

Region::Metropolitana->value; // 13
Region::Metropolitana->officialName(); // 'Región Metropolitana de Santiago'
Region::Metropolitana->romanNumeral(); // 'RM'
Region::Metropolitana->capital(); // 'Santiago'

Region::from(9); // Region::Araucania
Region::cases(); // all 16 regions

Region::northToSouth(); // regions in geographic order
Region::options(); // [15 => 'Región de Arica y Parinacota', ...] ready for selects

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Comunas

An enum with the 346 comunas of Chile, backed by their official territorial code (Código Único Territorial — CUT, SUBDERE). The first digits of the code are the region number, so every comuna knows its region.

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Comuna;
use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Region;

Comuna::Santiago->value; // 13101
Comuna::Santiago->code(); // '13101' (zero-padded official format, e.g. '01101' for Iquique)
Comuna::Nunoa->officialName(); // 'Ñuñoa'
Comuna::Nunoa->region(); // Region::Metropolitana

Comuna::from(16101); // Comuna::Chillan
Comuna::fromName('ñuñoa'); // Comuna::Nunoa (case and accent insensitive)

Comuna::inRegion(Region::Nuble); // the 21 comunas of Ñuble
Region::Metropolitana->comunas(); // the 52 comunas of the RM

Comuna::options(); // [1101 => 'Iquique', ...] ready for selects
Comuna::options(Region::Tarapaca); // only Tarapacá's comunas

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Laravel

Validation rules

$request->validate([
    'rut' => 'required|cl_rut',
    'phone' => 'required|cl_phone',
]);

Or with a dedicated Rule object:

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Laravel\Rules\Rut;

$request->validate([
    'rut' => ['required', new Rut],
]);

Error messages are translated (English and Spanish included). Publish and customize them with:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=chilean-bundle-lang

Eloquent cast

Expose a model attribute as a Rut object and control how it's stored:

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Laravel\Casts\RutCast;

class Client extends Model
{
    protected function casts(): array
    {
        return [
            'rut' => RutCast::class, // stored escaped: 123456785 (recommended)
            // 'rut' => RutCast::class.':dash', // stored as: 12345678-5
            // 'rut' => RutCast::class.':complete', // stored as: 12.345.678-5
        ];
    }
}

$client->rut = '12.345.678-5';
$client->rut->format(); // '12.345.678-5'

Facade

use Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Facades\Rut;

Rut::check('12.345.678-5'); // true

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Upgrading from 2.x

v3.0 is a major release (full release notes). The core API is unchanged — parse(), set(), validate(), isValid(), fix(), join(), toArray() all work exactly as before — but there are a few breaking changes to review.

Still on PHP 5.x or 7.x? Stay on 2.x

The legacy 2.x series remains available and compatible with PHP 5.4+ (and older Laravel versions). It's not going anywhere — if you can't upgrade PHP yet, just pin the previous major:

composer require freshwork/chilean-bundle:^2.2

1. PHP 8.2+ (and Laravel 10+) required

v3 uses modern PHP features (enums, strict types, first-class match expressions). The Laravel integration (validation rules, cast, facade) relies on contracts introduced in Laravel 10; the test suite runs against Laravel 11 and 12.

2. format() and normalize() now throw on invalid RUTs

In 2.x they silently returned false even with exceptions enabled — which also made (string) $rut fatal on PHP 8. Now they behave like validate():

// 2.x
Rut::parse('123-1')->format(); // false (silently)

// 3.x
Rut::parse('123-1')->format(); // throws InvalidFormatException
Rut::parse('123-1')->quiet()->format(); // false — same behavior as 2.x

If you relied on the silent false, add ->quiet() to keep the old behavior.

3. vnSeparator() now takes a string

The 2.x type hint was ?array by mistake, which made the method unusable (passing a string threw a TypeError). Now it works as documented:

Rut::set('12345678', '9')->vnSeparator('·')->join(); // '12345678·9'

4. Deprecations (still working, removed in a future major)

| Deprecated | Use instead | |---|---| | scape_chars() | escapeChars() | | Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Laravel\Facades\Rut | Freshwork\ChileanBundle\Facades\Rut |

What's new in v3

Besides the modernized Rut (with Rut::check(), Rut::random(), RutFormat enum, Stringable/JsonSerializable), v3 adds Iva, Clp, Phone, Region and Comuna, plus the cl_rut / cl_phone validation rules and the Rules\Rut rule object and the RutCast Eloquent cast.

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Testing & code quality

composer test # Run the test suite (Pest)
composer lint # Check code style (Pint)
composer analyse # Static analysis (PHPStan)

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Licencia y Postalware

Puedes usar este paquete gratuitamente sin ninguna restricción, aunque como está de moda, implementamos una licencia 'Postalware'. Si usas este paquete en producción y te gusta como funciona, agradeceríamos bastante si nos envías una postal de tu ciudad/comuna, una nota de agradecimiento o un súper8.

Dirección: Gonzalo De Spirito Providencia 229, Providencia. Chile

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Contributing

Pull requests are welcome! Please make sure composer test, composer lint and composer analyse pass.

You can also contact me at [email protected]