Added in field labels to allow user to label fields with a different name than the actual label defined in the html.

README.md

@@ -168,6 +168,37 @@ $v->rule('min', 'bar', 0);
 $v->validate();
 ```
 
+## Adding field label to messages
+
+You can do this in two different ways, you can add a individual label to a rule or an array of all labels for the rules.
+
+To add individual label to rule you simply add the `label` method after the rule.
+
+```php
+$v = new Valitron\Validator(array());
+$v->rule('required', 'name')->message('{field} is required')->label('Name');
+$v->validate();
+
+There is a edge case to this method, you wouldn't be able to use a array of field names in the rule definition, so one rule per field. So this wouldn't work:
+
+```php
+$v = new Valitron\Validator(array());
+$v->rule('required', array('name', 'email'))->message('{field} is required')->label('Name');
+$v->validate();
+
+However we can use a array of labels to solve this issue by simply adding the `labels` method instead:
+
+```php
+$v = new Valitron\Validator(array());
+$v->rule('required', array('name', 'email'))->message('{field} is required');
+$v->rules(array(
+    'name' => 'Name',
+    'email' => 'Email address'
+));
+$v->validate();
+
+This introduces a new set of tags to your error language file which looks like `{field}`, if you are using a rule like `equals` you can access the second value in the language file by incrementing the field with a value like `{field1}`.
+
 ## Running Tests
 
 The test suite depends on the Composer autoloader to load and run the

src/Valitron/Validator.php

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ namespace Valitron;
 /**
  * Validation Class
  *
- * Validates input against certain criteria
+ * Validates input against certian criteria
  *
  * @package Valitron
  * @author Vance Lucas <vance@vancelucas.com>
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Validator
     protected $_fields = array();
     protected $_errors = array();
     protected $_validations = array();
+    protected $_labels = array();
 
     protected static $_lang;
     protected static $_langDir;
@@ -95,7 +96,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return void
      */
     protected function validateEquals($field, $value, array $params)
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateDifferent($field, $value, array $params)
@@ -162,7 +163,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateLength($field, $value, $params)
@@ -195,7 +196,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateMin($field, $value, $params)
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateMax($field, $value, $params)
@@ -221,7 +222,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateIn($field, $value, $params)
@@ -234,7 +235,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateNotIn($field, $value, $params)
@@ -362,7 +363,6 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateRegex($field, $value, $params)
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateDateFormat($field, $value, $params)
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateDateBefore($field, $value, $params)
@@ -417,7 +417,7 @@ class Validator
      *
      * @param  string  $field
      * @param  mixed   $value
-     * @param  array   $params
+     * @param  array   $fields
      * @return bool
      */
     protected function validateDateAfter($field, $value, $params)
@@ -451,6 +451,8 @@ class Validator
      */
     public function error($field, $msg, array $params = array())
     {
+        $msg = $this->checkAndSetLabel($field, $msg, $params);
+
         $values = array();
         // Printed values need to be in string format
         foreach($params as $param) {
@@ -482,6 +484,7 @@ class Validator
         $this->_fields = array();
         $this->_errors = array();
         $this->_validations = array();
+        $this->_labels = array();
     }
 
     /**
@@ -551,6 +554,51 @@ class Validator
         return $this;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param array $labels
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function label($value)
+    {
+        $lastRules = $this->_validations[count($this->_validations)-1]['fields'];
+        $this->labels(array($lastRules[0] => $value));
+
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param array $labels
+     * @return $this
+     */
+    public function labels($labels = array())
+    {
+        $this->_labels = array_merge($this->_labels, $labels);
+        return $this;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @param $field
+     * @return array
+     */
+    private function checkAndSetLabel($field, $msg, $params)
+    {
+        if (isset($this->_labels[$field])) {
+            $msg = str_replace('{field}', $this->_labels[$field], $msg);
+
+            if (is_array($params)) {
+                $i = 1;
+                foreach ($params as $k => $v) {
+                    $tag = '{field'. $i .'}';
+                    $label = isset($params[$k]) && isset($this->_labels[$params[$k]]) ? $this->_labels[$params[$k]] : $tag;
+                    $msg = str_replace($tag, $label, $msg);
+                    $i++;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $msg;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Convenience method to add multiple validation rules with an array
      */

tests/Valitron/Validate.php

@@ -47,6 +47,36 @@ class ValidateTest extends \PHPUnit_Framework_TestCase
         $this->assertSame('Name is required', $errors[0]);
     }
 
+    public function testCustomLabel()
+    {
+        $v = new Validator(array());
+        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('{field} is required')->label('Name');
+        $v->validate();
+        $errors = $v->errors('name');
+        $this->assertSame('Name is required', $errors[0]);
+    }
+
+    public function testCustomLabels()
+    {
+        $messages = array(
+            'name' => array('Name is required'),
+            'email' => array('Email should be a valid email address')
+        );
+
+        $v = new Validator(array());
+        $v->rule('required', 'name')->message('{field} is required');
+        $v->rule('email', 'email')->message('{field} should be a valid email address');
+
+        $v->labels(array(
+            'name' => 'Name',
+            'email' => 'Email'
+        ));
+
+        $v->validate();
+        $errors = $v->errors();
+        $this->assertEquals($messages, $errors);
+    }
+
     public function testArrayOfFieldsToValidate()
     {
         $v = new Validator(array('name' => 'Chester Tester', 'email' => 'chester@tester.com'));