---
application: "Intervention Validation"
version: "Version 4"
status: "stable"
---

# IMEI Rule

## Validate International Mobile Equipment Identity 

Learn how to validate the International Mobile Equipment Identifier format (IMEI) with the additional validation rules of Intervention Validation for your Laravel application.

> public Intervention\Validation\Rules\Imei::__construct()

The field under validation must be a [International Mobile Equipment Identity](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity) (IMEI).

### Parameters

none

### Example

```php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use Intervention\Validation\Rules\Imei;

$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
    'attribute-key' => new Imei(),
]);
```

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## Become a Sponsor

### Intervention Validation needs your help to keep the project going

Intervention Validation is non-commercial, open source licensed and completely free to use. The considerable
effort required to maintain and develop the software is only possible with the financial support
of sponsors. There are two ways in which you can support this project.

- Support via [GitHub Sponsors](https://github.com/sponsors/Intervention)
- Support via [Ko-Fi](https://ko-fi.com/interventionphp)