Respect\Validation is a PHP validation library that provides over 100 validation rules and fluent validation methods. It allows validating data using intuitive method chaining and provides custom validation messages. The library has over 175,000 installations via Composer and averages 13,000 new installations per month. It can be used to validate data from $_POST in several frameworks like Zend, Symfony, and Laravel. The library also supports custom validation rules, internationalization, and unit testing of rules.