Repository: validatorjs/validator.js
Pull request #1825 (2021-10-24 16:21:53)

isVAT: added dutch VAT check
isVAT: added dutch VAT check

For other hacktober controbutions : 
Found this list, if you want to extend it more :
https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/regular-expressions-cookbook/9781449327453/ch04s21.html

## Checklist

- [x] PR contains only changes related; no stray files, etc.
- [x] README updated (where applicable)
- [x] Tests written (where applicable)



Patch:
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1ff1e00..93b5fd1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ The library can also be installed through [bower][bower]
 $ bower install validator-js
 ```
 
+CDN
+
+```html
+<script src="https://unpkg.com/validator@latest/validator.min.js"></script>
+```
+
 ## Contributors
 
 [Become a backer](https://opencollective.com/validatorjs#backer)
@@ -85,8 +91,8 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **contains(str, seed [, options ])**    | check if the string contains the seed.<br/><br/>`options` is an object that defaults to `{ ignoreCase: false}`.<br/>`ignoreCase` specified whether the case of the substring be same or not.
 **equals(str, comparison)**             | check if the string matches the comparison.
 **isAfter(str [, date])**               | check if the string is a date that's after the specified date (defaults to now).
-**isAlpha(str [, locale, options])**    | check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).<br/><br/>Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphaLocales`. options is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): ignore which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
-**isAlphanumeric(str [, locale, options])**      | check if the string contains only letters and numbers (a-zA-Z0-9).<br/><br/>Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphanumericLocales`. options is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): ignore which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
+**isAlpha(str [, locale, options])**    | check if the string contains only letters (a-zA-Z).<br/><br/>Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphaLocales`. options is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): ignore which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
+**isAlphanumeric(str [, locale, options])**      | check if the string contains only letters and numbers (a-zA-Z0-9).<br/><br/>Locale is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'he', 'hi-IN', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'ku-IQ', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`) and defaults to `en-US`. Locale list is `validator.isAlphanumericLocales`. options is an optional object that can be supplied with the following key(s): ignore which can either be a String or RegExp of characters to be ignored e.g. " -" will ignore spaces and -'s.
 **isAscii(str)**                        | check if the string contains ASCII chars only.
 **isBase32(str)**                       | check if a string is base32 encoded.
 **isBase58(str)**                       | check if a string is base58 encoded.
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isEmpty(str [, options])**            | check if the string has a length of zero.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ ignore_whitespace:false }`.
 **isEthereumAddress(str)**              | check if the string is an [Ethereum](https://ethereum.org/) address using basic regex. Does not validate address checksums.
 **isFloat(str [, options])**            | check if the string is a float.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `min`, `max`, `gt`, and/or `lt` to validate the float is within boundaries (e.g. `{ min: 7.22, max: 9.55 }`) it also has `locale` as an option.<br/><br/>`min` and `max` are equivalent to 'greater or equal' and 'less or equal', respectively while `gt` and `lt` are their strict counterparts.<br/><br/>`locale` determine the decimal separator and is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-CA', 'fr-FR', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`. Locale list is `validator.isFloatLocales`.
-**isFQDN(str [, options])**             | check if the string is a fully qualified domain name (e.g. domain.com).<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ require_tld: true, allow_underscores: false, allow_trailing_dot: false , allow_numeric_tld: false }`.
+**isFQDN(str [, options])**             | check if the string is a fully qualified domain name (e.g. domain.com).<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ require_tld: true, allow_underscores: false, allow_trailing_dot: false, allow_numeric_tld: false, allow_wildcard: false }`. If `allow_wildcard` is set to true, the validator will allow domain starting with `*.` (e.g. `*.example.com` or `*.shop.example.com`).
 **isFullWidth(str)**                    | check if the string contains any full-width chars.
 **isHalfWidth(str)**                    | check if the string contains any half-width chars.
 **isHash(str, algorithm)**              | check if the string is a hash of type algorithm.<br/><br/>Algorithm is one of `['md4', 'md5', 'sha1', 'sha256', 'sha384', 'sha512', 'ripemd128', 'ripemd160', 'tiger128', 'tiger160', 'tiger192', 'crc32', 'crc32b']`
@@ -115,7 +121,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isHexColor(str)**                     | check if the string is a hexadecimal color.
 **isHSL(str)**                          | check if the string is an HSL (hue, saturation, lightness, optional alpha) color based on [CSS Colors Level 4 specification](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/color_value).<br/><br/>Comma-separated format supported. Space-separated format supported with the exception of a few edge cases (ex: `hsl(200grad+.1%62%/1)`).
 **isIBAN(str)**                         | check if a string is a IBAN (International Bank Account Number).
-**isIdentityCard(str [, locale])**      | check if the string is a valid identity card code.<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['PL', 'ES', 'IN', 'IT', 'IR', 'MZ', 'NO', 'TH', 'zh-TW', 'he-IL', 'ar-LY', 'ar-TN', 'zh-CN']` OR `'any'`. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locals match.<br/><br/>Defaults to 'any'.
+**isIdentityCard(str [, locale])**      | check if the string is a valid identity card code.<br/><br/>`locale` is one of `['LK', 'PL', 'ES', 'FI', 'IN', 'IT', 'IR', 'MZ', 'NO', 'TH', 'zh-TW', 'he-IL', 'ar-LY', 'ar-TN', 'zh-CN']` OR `'any'`. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locals match.<br/><br/>Defaults to 'any'.
 **isIMEI(str [, options]))**                         | check if the string is a valid IMEI number. Imei should be of format `###############` or `##-######-######-#`.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `allow_hyphens`. Defaults to first format . If allow_hyphens is set to true, the validator will validate the second format.
 **isIn(str, values)**                   | check if the string is in a array of allowed values.
 **isInt(str [, options])**              | check if the string is an integer.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which can contain the keys `min` and/or `max` to check the integer is within boundaries (e.g. `{ min: 10, max: 99 }`). `options` can also contain the key `allow_leading_zeroes`, which when set to false will disallow integer values with leading zeroes (e.g. `{ allow_leading_zeroes: false }`). Finally, `options` can contain the keys `gt` and/or `lt` which will enforce integers being greater than or less than, respectively, the value provided (e.g. `{gt: 1, lt: 4}` for a number between 1 and 4).
@@ -133,21 +139,21 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isJWT(str)**                         | check if the string is valid JWT token.
 **isLatLong(str [, options])**                      | check if the string is a valid latitude-longitude coordinate in the format `lat,long` or `lat, long`.<br/><br/>`options` is an object that defaults to `{ checkDMS: false }`. Pass `checkDMS` as `true` to validate DMS(degrees, minutes, and seconds) latitude-longitude format.
 **isLength(str [, options])**              | check if the string's length falls in a range.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{min:0, max: undefined}`. Note: this function takes into account surrogate pairs.
-**isLicensePlate(str [, locale])**     | check if string matches the format of a country's license plate.<br/><br/>(locale is one of `['cs-CZ', 'de-DE', 'de-LI', 'pt-PT', 'sq-AL', 'pt-BR']` or `any`)
+**isLicensePlate(str [, locale])**     | check if string matches the format of a country's license plate.<br/><br/>(locale is one of `['cs-CZ', 'de-DE', 'de-LI', 'fi-FI', pt-PT', 'sq-AL', 'pt-BR']` or `any`)
 **isLocale(str)**                       | check if the string is a locale
 **isLowercase(str)**                    | check if the string is lowercase.
 **isMACAddress(str)**                   | check if the string is a MAC address.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{no_separators: false}`. If `no_separators` is true, the validator will allow MAC addresses without separators. Also, it allows the use of hyphens, spaces or dots e.g  '01 02 03 04 05 ab', '01-02-03-04-05-ab' or '0102.0304.05ab'.
 **isMagnetURI(str)**                      | check if the string is a [magnet uri format](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnet_URI_scheme).
 **isMD5(str)**                          | check if the string is a MD5 hash.<br/><br/>Please note that you can also use the `isHash(str, 'md5')` function. Keep in mind that MD5 has some collision weaknesses compared to other algorithms (e.g., SHA).
 **isMimeType(str)**                     | check if the string matches to a valid [MIME type](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_type) format
-**isMobilePhone(str [, locale [, options]])**          | check if the string is a mobile phone number,<br/><br/>(locale is either an array of locales (e.g `['sk-SK', 'sr-RS']`) OR one of `['am-Am', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'az-AZ', 'az-LY', 'az-LB', 'bs-BA', 'be-BY', 'bg-BG', 'bn-BD', 'ca-AD', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'de-AT', 'de-CH', 'de-LU', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-CA', 'en-GB', 'en-GG', 'en-GH', 'en-HK', 'en-MO', 'en-IE', 'en-IN', 'en-KE', 'en-MT', 'en-MU', 'en-NG', 'en-NZ', 'en-PK', 'en-PH', 'en-RW', 'en-SG', 'en-SL', 'en-UG', 'en-US', 'en-TZ', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'en-ZW', 'es-AR', 'es-BO', 'es-CL', 'es-CO', 'es-CR', 'es-DO', 'es-HN', 'es-PE', 'es-EC', 'es-ES', 'es-MX', 'es-PA', 'es-PY', 'es-UY', 'es-VE', 'et-EE', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fj-FJ', 'fo-FO', 'fr-BE', 'fr-FR', 'fr-GF', 'fr-GP', 'fr-MQ', 'fr-RE', 'ga-IE', 'he-IL', 'hu-HU', 'id-ID', 'it-IT', 'it-SM', 'ja-JP', 'ka-GE', 'kk-KZ', 'kl-GL', 'ko-KR', 'lt-LT', 'ms-MY', ''mz-MZ', nb-NO', 'ne-NP', 'nl-BE', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'pt-AO', 'ro-RO', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK' 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sq-AL', 'sr-RS', 'sv-SE', 'th-TH', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'uz-UZ', 'vi-VN', 'zh-CN', 'zh-HK', 'zh-MO', 'zh-TW']` OR defaults to 'any'. If 'any' or a falsey value is used, function will check if any of the locales match).<br/><br/>`options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following keys: `strictMode`, if this is set to `true`, the mobile phone number must be supplied with the country code and therefore must start with `+`. Locale list is `validator.isMobilePhoneLocales`.
+**isMobilePhone(str [, locale [, options]])**          | check if the string is a mobile phone number,<br/><br/>(locale is either an array of locales (e.g `['sk-SK', 'sr-RS']`) OR one of `['am-Am', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'az-AZ', 'az-LY', 'az-LB', 'bs-BA', 'be-BY', 'bg-BG', 'bn-BD', 'ca-AD', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'de-AT', 'de-CH', 'de-LU', 'el-GR', 'en-AU', 'en-BM', 'en-CA', 'en-GB', 'en-GG', 'en-GH', 'en-HK', 'en-MO', 'en-IE', 'en-IN', 'en-KE', 'en-MT', 'en-MU', 'en-NG', 'en-NZ', 'en-PK', 'en-PH', 'en-RW', 'en-SG', 'en-SL', 'en-UG', 'en-US', 'en-TZ', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'en-ZW', 'es-AR', 'es-BO', 'es-CL', 'es-CO', 'es-CR', 'es-CU', 'es-DO', 'es-HN', 'es-PE', 'es-EC', 'es-ES', 'es-MX', 'es-PA', 'es-PY', 'es-UY', 'es-VE', 'et-EE', 'fa-IR', 'fi-FI', 'fj-FJ', 'fo-FO', 'fr-BE', 'fr-FR', 'fr-GF', 'fr-GP', 'fr-MQ', 'fr-RE', 'ga-IE', 'he-IL', 'hu-HU', 'id-ID', 'it-IT', 'it-SM', 'ja-JP', 'ka-GE', 'kk-KZ', 'kl-GL', 'ko-KR', 'lt-LT', 'ms-MY', ''mz-MZ', nb-NO', 'ne-NP', 'nl-BE', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'pt-AO', 'ro-RO', 'ru-RU', 'si-LK' 'sl-SI', 'sk-SK', 'sq-AL', 'sr-RS', 'sv-SE', 'th-TH', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA', 'uz-UZ', 'vi-VN', 'zh-CN', 'zh-HK', 'zh-MO', 'zh-TW']` OR defaults to 'any'. If 'any' or a falsey value is used, function will check if any of the locales match).<br/><br/>`options` is an optional object that can be supplied with the following keys: `strictMode`, if this is set to `true`, the mobile phone number must be supplied with the country code and therefore must start with `+`. Locale list is `validator.isMobilePhoneLocales`.
 **isMongoId(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid hex-encoded representation of a [MongoDB ObjectId][mongoid].
 **isMultibyte(str)**                    | check if the string contains one or more multibyte chars.
 **isNumeric(str [, options])**                      | check if the string contains only numbers.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{no_symbols: false}` it also has locale as an option. If `no_symbols` is true, the validator will reject numeric strings that feature a symbol (e.g. `+`, `-`, or `.`).<br/><br/>`locale` determine the decimal separator and is one of `['ar', 'ar-AE', 'ar-BH', 'ar-DZ', 'ar-EG', 'ar-IQ', 'ar-JO', 'ar-KW', 'ar-LB', 'ar-LY', 'ar-MA', 'ar-QA', 'ar-QM', 'ar-SA', 'ar-SD', 'ar-SY', 'ar-TN', 'ar-YE', 'bg-BG', 'cs-CZ', 'da-DK', 'de-DE', 'en-AU', 'en-GB', 'en-HK', 'en-IN', 'en-NZ', 'en-US', 'en-ZA', 'en-ZM', 'es-ES', 'fr-FR', 'fr-CA', 'hu-HU', 'it-IT', 'nb-NO', 'nl-NL', 'nn-NO', 'pl-PL', 'pt-BR', 'pt-PT', 'ru-RU', 'sl-SI', 'sr-RS', 'sr-RS@latin', 'sv-SE', 'tr-TR', 'uk-UA']`.
 **isOctal(str)**                        | check if the string is a valid octal number.
-**isPassportNumber(str, countryCode)**    | check if the string is a valid passport number.<br/><br/>(countryCode is one of `[ 'AM', 'AR', 'AT', 'AU', 'BE', 'BG', 'BY', 'BR', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HU', 'IE' 'IN', 'IR', 'ID', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KR', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'LY', 'MT', 'MY', 'MZ', 'NL', 'PO', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SE', 'SL', 'SK', 'TR', 'UA', 'US' ]`.
+**isPassportNumber(str, countryCode)**    | check if the string is a valid passport number.<br/><br/>(countryCode is one of `[ 'AM', 'AR', 'AT', 'AU', 'BE', 'BG', 'BY', 'BR', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CY', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HU', 'IE' 'IN', 'IR', 'ID', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KR', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'LY', 'MT', 'MY', 'MZ', 'NL', 'PL', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SE', 'SL', 'SK', 'TR', 'UA', 'US' ]`.
 **isPort(str)**                         | check if the string is a valid port number.
-**isPostalCode(str, locale)**           | check if the string is a postal code,<br/><br/>(locale is one of `[ 'AD', 'AT', 'AU', 'AZ', 'BE', 'BG', 'BR', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DO', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HT', 'HU', 'ID', 'IE' 'IL', 'IN', 'IR', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KE', 'KR', 'LI', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MT', 'MX', 'MY', 'NL', 'NO', 'NP', 'NZ', 'PL', 'PR', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SA', 'SE', 'SG', 'SI', 'TH', 'TN', 'TW', 'UA', 'US', 'ZA', 'ZM' ]` OR 'any'. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locals match. Locale list is `validator.isPostalCodeLocales`.).
+**isPostalCode(str, locale)**           | check if the string is a postal code,<br/><br/>(locale is one of `[ 'AD', 'AT', 'AU', 'AZ', 'BE', 'BG', 'BR', 'BY', 'CA', 'CH', 'CN', 'CZ', 'DE', 'DK', 'DO', 'DZ', 'EE', 'ES', 'FI', 'FR', 'GB', 'GR', 'HR', 'HT', 'HU', 'ID', 'IE' 'IL', 'IN', 'IR', 'IS', 'IT', 'JP', 'KE', 'KR', 'LI', 'LK', 'LT', 'LU', 'LV', 'MT', 'MX', 'MY', 'NL', 'NO', 'NP', 'NZ', 'PL', 'PR', 'PT', 'RO', 'RU', 'SA', 'SE', 'SG', 'SI', 'TH', 'TN', 'TW', 'UA', 'US', 'ZA', 'ZM' ]` OR 'any'. If 'any' is used, function will check if any of the locals match. Locale list is `validator.isPostalCodeLocales`.).
 **isRFC3339(str)**                      | check if the string is a valid [RFC 3339](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3339) date.
 **isRgbColor(str [, includePercentValues])**                     | check if the string is a rgb or rgba color.<br/><br/>`includePercentValues` defaults to `true`. If you don't want to allow to set `rgb` or `rgba` values with percents, like `rgb(5%,5%,5%)`, or `rgba(90%,90%,90%,.3)`, then set it to false.
 **isSemVer(str)**                       | check if the string is a Semantic Versioning Specification (SemVer).
@@ -159,7 +165,7 @@ Validator                               | Description
 **isURL(str [, options])**              | check if the string is an URL.<br/><br/>`options` is an object which defaults to `{ protocols: ['http','https','ftp'], require_tld: true, require_protocol: false, require_host: true, require_port: false, require_valid_protocol: true, allow_underscores: false, host_whitelist: false, host_blacklist: false, allow_trailing_dot: false, allow_protocol_relative_urls: false, allow_fragments: true, allow_query_components: true, disallow_auth: false, validate_length: true }`.<br/><br/>require_protocol - if set as true isURL will return false if protocol is not present in the URL.<br/>require_valid_protocol - isURL will check if the URL's protocol is present in the protocols option.<br/>protocols - valid protocols can be modified with this option.<br/>require_host - if set as false isURL will not check if host is present in the URL.<br/>require_port - if set as true isURL will check if port is present in the URL.<br/>allow_protocol_relative_urls - if set as true protocol relative URLs will be allowed.<br/>allow_fragments - if set as false isURL will return false if fragments are present.<br/>allow_query_components - if set as false isURL will return false if query components are present.<br/>validate_length - if set as false isURL will skip string length validation (2083 characters is IE max URL length).
 **isUUID(str [, version])**             | check if the string is a UUID (version 3, 4 or 5).
 **isVariableWidth(str)**                | check if the string contains a mixture of full and half-width chars.
-**isVAT(str, countryCode)**                | checks that the string is a [valid VAT number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_identification_number) if validation is available for the given country code matching [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2). <br/><br/>Available country codes: `[ 'GB', 'IT' ]`.
+**isVAT(str, countryCode)**                | checks that the string is a [valid VAT number](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VAT_identification_number) if validation is available for the given country code matching [ISO 3166-1 alpha-2](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_3166-1_alpha-2). <br/><br/>Available country codes: `[ 'GB', 'IT','NL' ]`.
 **isWhitelisted(str, chars)**           | checks characters if they appear in the whitelist.
 **matches(str, pattern [, modifiers])** | check if string matches the pattern.<br/><br/>Either `matches('foo', /foo/i)` or `matches('foo', 'foo', 'i')`.
 
diff --git a/src/lib/alpha.js b/src/lib/alpha.js
index 27d3fbc..d663ede 100644
--- a/src/lib/alpha.js
+++ b/src/lib/alpha.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ export const alpha = {
   'el-GR': /^[Α-ώ]+$/i,
   'es-ES': /^[A-ZÁÉÍÑÓÚÜ]+$/i,
   'fa-IR': /^[ابپتثجچحخدذرزژسشصضطظعغفقکگلمنوهی]+$/i,
+  'fi-FI': /^[A-ZÅÄÖ]+$/i,
   'fr-FR': /^[A-ZÀÂÆÇÉÈÊËÏÎÔŒÙÛÜŸ]+$/i,
   'it-IT': /^[A-ZÀÉÈÌÎÓÒÙ]+$/i,
   'nb-NO': /^[A-ZÆØÅ]+$/i,
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ export const alphanumeric = {
   'de-DE': /^[0-9A-ZÄÖÜß]+$/i,
   'el-GR': /^[0-9Α-ω]+$/i,
   'es-ES': /^[0-9A-ZÁÉÍÑÓÚÜ]+$/i,
+  'fi-FI': /^[0-9A-ZÅÄÖ]+$/i,
   'fr-FR': /^[0-9A-ZÀÂÆÇÉÈÊËÏÎÔŒÙÛÜŸ]+$/i,
   'it-IT': /^[0-9A-ZÀÉÈÌÎÓÒÙ]+$/i,
   'hu-HU': /^[0-9A-ZÁÉÍÓÖŐÚÜŰ]+$/i,
diff --git a/src/lib/isFQDN.js b/src/lib/isFQDN.js
index 3dff7d2..4a04cf3 100644
--- a/src/lib/isFQDN.js
+++ b/src/lib/isFQDN.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const default_fqdn_options = {
   allow_underscores: false,
   allow_trailing_dot: false,
   allow_numeric_tld: false,
+  allow_wildcard: false,
 };
 
 export default function isFQDN(str, options) {
@@ -16,6 +17,12 @@ export default function isFQDN(str, options) {
   if (options.allow_trailing_dot && str[str.length - 1] === '.') {
     str = str.substring(0, str.length - 1);
   }
+
+  /* Remove the optional wildcard before checking validity */
+  if (options.allow_wildcard === true && str.indexOf('*.') === 0) {
+    str = str.substring(2);
+  }
+
   const parts = str.split('.');
   const tld = parts[parts.length - 1];
 
@@ -25,12 +32,12 @@ export default function isFQDN(str, options) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    if (!/^([a-z\u00a1-\uffff]{2,}|xn[a-z0-9-]{2,})$/i.test(tld)) {
+    if (!/^([a-z\u00A1-\u00A8\u00AA-\uD7FF\uF900-\uFDCF\uFDF0-\uFFEF]{2,}|xn[a-z0-9-]{2,})$/i.test(tld)) {
       return false;
     }
 
-    // disallow spaces && special characers
-    if (/[\s\u2002-\u200B\u202F\u205F\u3000\uFEFF\uDB40\uDC20\u00A9\uFFFD]/.test(tld)) {
+    // disallow spaces
+    if (/\s/.test(tld)) {
       return false;
     }
   }
diff --git a/src/lib/isIdentityCard.js b/src/lib/isIdentityCard.js
index 8ea15e2..9dc1302 100644
--- a/src/lib/isIdentityCard.js
+++ b/src/lib/isIdentityCard.js
@@ -63,6 +63,26 @@ const validators = {
 
     return sanitized.endsWith(controlDigits[number % 23]);
   },
+  FI: (str) => {
+    // https://dvv.fi/en/personal-identity-code#:~:text=control%20character%20for%20a-,personal,-identity%20code%20calculated
+    assertString(str);
+
+    if (str.length !== 11) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    if (!str.match(/^\d{6}[\-A\+]\d{3}[0-9ABCDEFHJKLMNPRSTUVWXY]{1}$/)) {
+      return false;
+    }
+
+    const checkDigits = '0123456789ABCDEFHJKLMNPRSTUVWXY';
+
+    const idAsNumber = (parseInt(str.slice(0, 6), 10) * 1000) + parseInt(str.slice(7, 10), 10);
+    const remainder = idAsNumber % 31;
+    const checkDigit = checkDigits[remainder];
+
+    return checkDigit === str.slice(10, 11);
+  },
   IN: (str) => {
     const DNI = /^[1-9]\d{3}\s?\d{4}\s?\d{4}$/;
 
@@ -160,6 +180,14 @@ const validators = {
     }
     return str[12] === ((11 - (sum % 11)) % 10).toString();
   },
+  LK: (str) => {
+    const old_nic = /^[1-9]\d{8}[vx]$/i;
+    const new_nic = /^[1-9]\d{11}$/i;
+
+    if (str.length === 10 && old_nic.test(str)) return true;
+    else if (str.length === 12 && new_nic.test(str)) return true;
+    return false;
+  },
   'he-IL': (str) => {
     const DNI = /^\d{9}$/;
 
diff --git a/src/lib/isLicensePlate.js b/src/lib/isLicensePlate.js
index d81995b..d6b27a5 100644
--- a/src/lib/isLicensePlate.js
+++ b/src/lib/isLicensePlate.js
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const validators = {
   'de-DE': str =>
     /^((AW|UL|AK|GA|AÖ|LF|AZ|AM|AS|ZE|AN|AB|A|KG|KH|BA|EW|BZ|HY|KM|BT|HP|B|BC|BI|BO|FN|TT|ÜB|BN|AH|BS|FR|HB|ZZ|BB|BK|BÖ|OC|OK|CW|CE|C|CO|LH|CB|KW|LC|LN|DA|DI|DE|DH|SY|NÖ|DO|DD|DU|DN|D|EI|EA|EE|FI|EM|EL|EN|PF|ED|EF|ER|AU|ZP|E|ES|NT|EU|FL|FO|FT|FF|F|FS|FD|FÜ|GE|G|GI|GF|GS|ZR|GG|GP|GR|NY|ZI|GÖ|GZ|GT|HA|HH|HM|HU|WL|HZ|WR|RN|HK|HD|HN|HS|GK|HE|HF|RZ|HI|HG|HO|HX|IK|IL|IN|J|JL|KL|KA|KS|KF|KE|KI|KT|KO|KN|KR|KC|KU|K|LD|LL|LA|L|OP|LM|LI|LB|LU|LÖ|HL|LG|MD|GN|MZ|MA|ML|MR|MY|AT|DM|MC|NZ|RM|RG|MM|ME|MB|MI|FG|DL|HC|MW|RL|MK|MG|MÜ|WS|MH|M|MS|NU|NB|ND|NM|NK|NW|NR|NI|NF|DZ|EB|OZ|TG|TO|N|OA|GM|OB|CA|EH|FW|OF|OL|OE|OG|BH|LR|OS|AA|GD|OH|KY|NP|WK|PB|PA|PE|PI|PS|P|PM|PR|RA|RV|RE|R|H|SB|WN|RS|RD|RT|BM|NE|GV|RP|SU|GL|RO|GÜ|RH|EG|RW|PN|SK|MQ|RU|SZ|RI|SL|SM|SC|HR|FZ|VS|SW|SN|CR|SE|SI|SO|LP|SG|NH|SP|IZ|ST|BF|TE|HV|OD|SR|S|AC|DW|ZW|TF|TS|TR|TÜ|UM|PZ|TP|UE|UN|UH|MN|KK|VB|V|AE|PL|RC|VG|GW|PW|VR|VK|KB|WA|WT|BE|WM|WE|AP|MO|WW|FB|WZ|WI|WB|JE|WF|WO|W|WÜ|BL|Z|GC)[- ]?[A-Z]{1,2}[- ]?\d{1,4}|(AIC|FDB|ABG|SLN|SAW|KLZ|BUL|ESB|NAB|SUL|WST|ABI|AZE|BTF|KÖT|DKB|FEU|ROT|ALZ|SMÜ|WER|AUR|NOR|DÜW|BRK|HAB|TÖL|WOR|BAD|BAR|BER|BIW|EBS|KEM|MÜB|PEG|BGL|BGD|REI|WIL|BKS|BIR|WAT|BOR|BOH|BOT|BRB|BLK|HHM|NEB|NMB|WSF|LEO|HDL|WMS|WZL|BÜS|CHA|KÖZ|ROD|WÜM|CLP|NEC|COC|ZEL|COE|CUX|DAH|LDS|DEG|DEL|RSL|DLG|DGF|LAN|HEI|MED|DON|KIB|ROK|JÜL|MON|SLE|EBE|EIC|HIG|WBS|BIT|PRÜ|LIB|EMD|WIT|ERH|HÖS|ERZ|ANA|ASZ|MAB|MEK|STL|SZB|FDS|HCH|HOR|WOL|FRG|GRA|WOS|FRI|FFB|GAP|GER|BRL|CLZ|GTH|NOH|HGW|GRZ|LÖB|NOL|WSW|DUD|HMÜ|OHA|KRU|HAL|HAM|HBS|QLB|HVL|NAU|HAS|EBN|GEO|HOH|HDH|ERK|HER|WAN|HEF|ROF|HBN|ALF|HSK|USI|NAI|REH|SAN|KÜN|ÖHR|HOL|WAR|ARN|BRG|GNT|HOG|WOH|KEH|MAI|PAR|RID|ROL|KLE|GEL|KUS|KYF|ART|SDH|LDK|DIL|MAL|VIB|LER|BNA|GHA|GRM|MTL|WUR|LEV|LIF|STE|WEL|LIP|VAI|LUP|HGN|LBZ|LWL|PCH|STB|DAN|MKK|SLÜ|MSP|TBB|MGH|MTK|BIN|MSH|EIL|HET|SGH|BID|MYK|MSE|MST|MÜR|WRN|MEI|GRH|RIE|MZG|MIL|OBB|BED|FLÖ|MOL|FRW|SEE|SRB|AIB|MOS|BCH|ILL|SOB|NMS|NEA|SEF|UFF|NEW|VOH|NDH|TDO|NWM|GDB|GVM|WIS|NOM|EIN|GAN|LAU|HEB|OHV|OSL|SFB|ERB|LOS|BSK|KEL|BSB|MEL|WTL|OAL|FÜS|MOD|OHZ|OPR|BÜR|PAF|PLÖ|CAS|GLA|REG|VIT|ECK|SIM|GOA|EMS|DIZ|GOH|RÜD|SWA|NES|KÖN|MET|LRO|BÜZ|DBR|ROS|TET|HRO|ROW|BRV|HIP|PAN|GRI|SHK|EIS|SRO|SOK|LBS|SCZ|MER|QFT|SLF|SLS|HOM|SLK|ASL|BBG|SBK|SFT|SHG|MGN|MEG|ZIG|SAD|NEN|OVI|SHA|BLB|SIG|SON|SPN|FOR|GUB|SPB|IGB|WND|STD|STA|SDL|OBG|HST|BOG|SHL|PIR|FTL|SEB|SÖM|SÜW|TIR|SAB|TUT|ANG|SDT|LÜN|LSZ|MHL|VEC|VER|VIE|OVL|ANK|OVP|SBG|UEM|UER|WLG|GMN|NVP|RDG|RÜG|DAU|FKB|WAF|WAK|SLZ|WEN|SOG|APD|WUG|GUN|ESW|WIZ|WES|DIN|BRA|BÜD|WHV|HWI|GHC|WTM|WOB|WUN|MAK|SEL|OCH|HOT|WDA)[- ]?(([A-Z][- ]?\d{1,4})|([A-Z]{2}[- ]?\d{1,3})))[- ]?(E|H)?$/.test(str),
   'de-LI': str => /^FL[- ]?\d{1,5}[UZ]?$/.test(str),
+  'fi-FI': str => /^(?=.{4,7})(([A-Z]{1,3}|[0-9]{1,3})[\s-]?([A-Z]{1,3}|[0-9]{1,5}))$/.test(str),
   'pt-PT': str =>
     /^([A-Z]{2}|[0-9]{2})[ -·]?([A-Z]{2}|[0-9]{2})[ -·]?([A-Z]{2}|[0-9]{2})$/.test(str),
   'sq-AL': str =>
diff --git a/src/lib/isMobilePhone.js b/src/lib/isMobilePhone.js
index 8b56b76..a6a0a85 100644
--- a/src/lib/isMobilePhone.js
+++ b/src/lib/isMobilePhone.js
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ const phones = {
   'de-LU': /^(\+352)?((6\d1)\d{6})$/,
   'el-GR': /^(\+?30|0)?(69\d{8})$/,
   'en-AU': /^(\+?61|0)4\d{8}$/,
+  'en-BM': /^(\+?1)?441(((3|7)\d{6}$)|(5[0-3][0-9]\d{4}$)|(59\d{5}))/,
   'en-GB': /^(\+?44|0)7\d{9}$/,
   'en-GG': /^(\+?44|0)1481\d{6}$/,
   'en-GH': /^(\+233|0)(20|50|24|54|27|57|26|56|23|28|55|59)\d{7}$/,
@@ -43,7 +44,7 @@ const phones = {
   'en-MU': /^(\+?230|0)?\d{8}$/,
   'en-NG': /^(\+?234|0)?[789]\d{9}$/,
   'en-NZ': /^(\+?64|0)[28]\d{7,9}$/,
-  'en-PK': /^((\+92)|(0092))-{0,1}\d{3}-{0,1}\d{7}$|^\d{11}$|^\d{4}-\d{7}$/,
+  'en-PK': /^((00|\+)?92|0)3[0-6]\d{8}$/,
   'en-PH': /^(09|\+639)\d{9}$/,
   'en-RW': /^(\+?250|0)?[7]\d{8}$/,
   'en-SG': /^(\+65)?[3689]\d{7}$/,
@@ -59,6 +60,7 @@ const phones = {
   'es-CO': /^(\+?57)?3(0(0|1|2|4|5)|1\d|2[0-4]|5(0|1))\d{7}$/,
   'es-CL': /^(\+?56|0)[2-9]\d{1}\d{7}$/,
   'es-CR': /^(\+506)?[2-8]\d{7}$/,
+  'es-CU': /^(\+53|0053)?5\d{7}/,
   'es-DO': /^(\+?1)?8[024]9\d{7}$/,
   'es-HN': /^(\+?504)?[9|8]\d{7}$/,
   'es-EC': /^(\+?593|0)([2-7]|9[2-9])\d{7}$/,
@@ -80,7 +82,7 @@ const phones = {
   'fr-MQ': /^(\+?596|0|00596)[67]\d{8}$/,
   'fr-RE': /^(\+?262|0|00262)[67]\d{8}$/,
   'he-IL': /^(\+972|0)([23489]|5[012345689]|77)[1-9]\d{6}$/,
-  'hu-HU': /^(\+?36)(20|30|70)\d{7}$/,
+  'hu-HU': /^(\+?36|06)(20|30|31|50|70)\d{7}$/,
   'id-ID': /^(\+?62|0)8(1[123456789]|2[1238]|3[1238]|5[12356789]|7[78]|9[56789]|8[123456789])([\s?|\d]{5,11})$/,
   'it-IT': /^(\+?39)?\s?3\d{2} ?\d{6,7}$/,
   'it-SM': /^((\+378)|(0549)|(\+390549)|(\+3780549))?6\d{5,9}$/,
@@ -104,7 +106,7 @@ const phones = {
   'pt-AO': /^(\+244)\d{9}$/,
   'ro-RO': /^(\+?4?0)\s?7\d{2}(\/|\s|\.|\-)?\d{3}(\s|\.|\-)?\d{3}$/,
   'ru-RU': /^(\+?7|8)?9\d{9}$/,
-  'si-LK': /^(?:0|94|\+94)?(7(0|1|2|5|6|7|8)( |-)?\d)\d{6}$/,
+  'si-LK': /^(?:0|94|\+94)?(7(0|1|2|4|5|6|7|8)( |-)?)\d{7}$/,
   'sl-SI': /^(\+386\s?|0)(\d{1}\s?\d{3}\s?\d{2}\s?\d{2}|\d{2}\s?\d{3}\s?\d{3})$/,
   'sk-SK': /^(\+?421)? ?[1-9][0-9]{2} ?[0-9]{3} ?[0-9]{3}$/,
   'sq-AL': /^(\+355|0)6[789]\d{6}$/,
@@ -115,7 +117,7 @@ const phones = {
   'uk-UA': /^(\+?38|8)?0\d{9}$/,
   'uz-UZ': /^(\+?998)?(6[125-79]|7[1-69]|88|9\d)\d{7}$/,
   'vi-VN': /^((\+?84)|0)((3([2-9]))|(5([25689]))|(7([0|6-9]))|(8([1-9]))|(9([0-9])))([0-9]{7})$/,
-  'zh-CN': /^((\+|00)86)?1([3456789][0-9]|4[579]|6[2567]|7[01235678]|9[012356789])[0-9]{8}$/,
+  'zh-CN': /^((\+|00)86)?(1[3-9]|9[28])\d{9}$/,
   'zh-TW': /^(\+?886\-?|0)?9\d{8}$/,
 };
 /* eslint-enable max-len */
diff --git a/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js b/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
index 76284b1..4c38bfb 100644
--- a/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
+++ b/src/lib/isPassportNumber.js
@@ -47,10 +47,10 @@ const passportRegexByCountryCode = {
   MZ: /^([A-Z]{2}\d{7})|(\d{2}[A-Z]{2}\d{5})$/, // MOZAMBIQUE
   MY: /^[AHK]\d{8}$/, // MALAYSIA
   NL: /^[A-Z]{2}[A-Z0-9]{6}\d$/, // NETHERLANDS
-  PO: /^[A-Z]{2}\d{7}$/, // POLAND
+  PL: /^[A-Z]{2}\d{7}$/, // POLAND
   PT: /^[A-Z]\d{6}$/, // PORTUGAL
   RO: /^\d{8,9}$/, // ROMANIA
-  RU: /^\d{2}\d{2}\d{6}$/, // RUSSIAN FEDERATION
+  RU: /^\d{9}$/, // RUSSIAN FEDERATION
   SE: /^\d{8}$/, // SWEDEN
   SL: /^(P)[A-Z]\d{7}$/, // SLOVANIA
   SK: /^[0-9A-Z]\d{7}$/, // SLOVAKIA
diff --git a/src/lib/isPostalCode.js b/src/lib/isPostalCode.js
index 915c27f..7ef17ab 100644
--- a/src/lib/isPostalCode.js
+++ b/src/lib/isPostalCode.js
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ const patterns = {
   LT: /^LT\-\d{5}$/,
   LU: fourDigit,
   LV: /^LV\-\d{4}$/,
+  LK: fiveDigit,
   MX: fiveDigit,
   MT: /^[A-Za-z]{3}\s{0,1}\d{4}$/,
   MY: fiveDigit,
diff --git a/src/lib/isURL.js b/src/lib/isURL.js
index 7f6e0ba..aa6222a 100644
--- a/src/lib/isURL.js
+++ b/src/lib/isURL.js
@@ -111,13 +111,17 @@ export default function isURL(url, options) {
     if (options.disallow_auth) {
       return false;
     }
-    if (split[0] === '' || split[0].substr(0, 1) === ':') {
+    if (split[0] === '') {
       return false;
     }
     auth = split.shift();
     if (auth.indexOf(':') >= 0 && auth.split(':').length > 2) {
       return false;
     }
+    const [user, password] = auth.split(':');
+    if (user === '' && password === '') {
+      return false;
+    }
   }
   hostname = split.join('@');
 
@@ -136,7 +140,7 @@ export default function isURL(url, options) {
     }
   }
 
-  if (port_str !== null) {
+  if (port_str !== null && port_str.length > 0) {
     port = parseInt(port_str, 10);
     if (!/^[0-9]+$/.test(port_str) || port <= 0 || port > 65535) {
       return false;
diff --git a/src/lib/isUUID.js b/src/lib/isUUID.js
index 61d938a..8013cfb 100644
--- a/src/lib/isUUID.js
+++ b/src/lib/isUUID.js
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ const uuid = {
   all: /^[0-9A-F]{8}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{4}-[0-9A-F]{12}$/i,
 };
 
-export default function isUUID(str, version = 'all') {
+export default function isUUID(str, version) {
   assertString(str);
-  const pattern = uuid[version];
+  const pattern = uuid[![undefined, null].includes(version) ? version : 'all'];
   return pattern && pattern.test(str);
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/isVAT.js b/src/lib/isVAT.js
index 549bf33..884b066 100644
--- a/src/lib/isVAT.js
+++ b/src/lib/isVAT.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import assertString from './util/assertString';
 export const vatMatchers = {
   GB: /^GB((\d{3} \d{4} ([0-8][0-9]|9[0-6]))|(\d{9} \d{3})|(((GD[0-4])|(HA[5-9]))[0-9]{2}))$/,
   IT: /^(IT)?[0-9]{11}$/,
+  NL: /^(NL)?[0-9]{9}B[0-9]{2}$/,
 };
 
 export default function isVAT(str, countryCode) {
diff --git a/src/lib/unescape.js b/src/lib/unescape.js
index 213a0f7..feb255a 100644
--- a/src/lib/unescape.js
+++ b/src/lib/unescape.js
@@ -2,12 +2,15 @@ import assertString from './util/assertString';
 
 export default function unescape(str) {
   assertString(str);
-  return (str.replace(/&amp;/g, '&')
-    .replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
+  return (str.replace(/&quot;/g, '"')
     .replace(/&#x27;/g, "'")
     .replace(/&lt;/g, '<')
     .replace(/&gt;/g, '>')
     .replace(/&#x2F;/g, '/')
     .replace(/&#x5C;/g, '\\')
-    .replace(/&#96;/g, '`'));
+    .replace(/&#96;/g, '`')
+    .replace(/&amp;/g, '&'));
+  // &amp; replacement has to be the last one to prevent
+  // bugs with intermediate strings containing escape sequences
+  // See: https://github.com/validatorjs/validator.js/issues/1827
 }


Test patch:
diff --git a/test/sanitizers.js b/test/sanitizers.js
index 00ec35a..ecb0e12 100644
--- a/test/sanitizers.js
+++ b/test/sanitizers.js
@@ -184,6 +184,9 @@ describe('Sanitizers', () => {
 
         'Backtick: &#96;':
             'Backtick: `',
+
+        'Escaped string: &amp;lt;':
+            'Escaped string: &lt;',
       },
     });
   });
diff --git a/test/validators.js b/test/validators.js
index 91794d5..1b92f3a 100644
--- a/test/validators.js
+++ b/test/validators.js
@@ -364,6 +364,7 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         'http://www.foobar.com/~foobar',
         'http://user:pass@www.foobar.com/',
         'http://user:@www.foobar.com/',
+        'http://:pass@www.foobar.com/',
         'http://user@www.foobar.com',
         'http://127.0.0.1/',
         'http://10.0.0.0/',
@@ -535,6 +536,31 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should validate URLs with column and no port', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isURL',
+      valid: [
+        'http://example.com:',
+        'ftp://example.com:',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        'https://example.com:abc',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
+  it('should validate sftp protocol URL containing column and no port', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isURL',
+      args: [{
+        protocols: ['sftp'],
+      }],
+      valid: [
+        'sftp://user:pass@terminal.aws.test.nl:/incoming/things.csv',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should validate protocol relative URLs', () => {
     test({
       validator: 'isURL',
@@ -1074,6 +1100,18 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         'domain.com/',
         '/more.com',
         'domain.com�',
+        'domain.co\u00A0m',
+        'domain.co\u1680m',
+        'domain.co\u2006m',
+        'domain.co\u2028m',
+        'domain.co\u2029m',
+        'domain.co\u202Fm',
+        'domain.co\u205Fm',
+        'domain.co\u3000m',
+        'domain.com\uDC00',
+        'domain.co\uEFFFm',
+        'domain.co\uFDDAm',
+        'domain.co\uFFF4m',
         'domain.com©',
         'example.0',
         '192.168.0.9999',
@@ -1118,6 +1156,18 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
       ],
     });
   });
+  it('should validate FQDN with wildcard option', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isFQDN',
+      args: [
+        { allow_wildcard: true },
+      ],
+      valid: [
+        '*.example.com',
+        '*.shop.example.com',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
 
   it('should validate alpha strings', () => {
     test({
@@ -1447,6 +1497,24 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should validate finnish alpha strings', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isAlpha',
+      args: ['fi-FI'],
+      valid: [
+        'äiti',
+        'Öljy',
+        'Åke',
+        'testÖ',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        'AİıÖöÇçŞşĞğÜüZ',
+        'äöå123',
+        '',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should validate kurdish alpha strings', () => {
     test({
       validator: 'isAlpha',
@@ -1931,6 +1999,24 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
     });
   });
 
+  it('should validate finnish alphanumeric strings', () => {
+    test({
+      validator: 'isAlphanumeric',
+      args: ['fi-FI'],
+      valid: [
+        'äiti124',
+        'ÖLJY1234',
+        '123Åke',
+        '451åå23',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        'AİıÖöÇçŞşĞğÜüZ',
+        'foo!!',
+        '',
+      ],
+    });
+  });
+
   it('should validate german alphanumeric strings', () => {
     test({
       validator: 'isAlphanumeric',
@@ -2951,7 +3037,7 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
 
     test({
       validator: 'isPassportNumber',
-      args: ['PO'],
+      args: ['PL'],
       valid: [
         'ZS 0000177',
         'AN 3000011',
@@ -2992,14 +3078,16 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
       validator: 'isPassportNumber',
       args: ['RU'],
       valid: [
-        '26 32 636829',
-        '0121 345321',
-        '4398636928',
+        '2 32 636829',
+        '012 345321',
+        '439863692',
       ],
       invalid: [
-        'AZ 2R YU46J',
-        '012A 3D5321',
-        'SF233D532T',
+        'A 2R YU46J0',
+        '01A 3D5321',
+        'SF233D53T',
+        '12345678',
+        '1234567890',
       ],
     });
 
@@ -4413,6 +4501,34 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         'AAAAAAAA-1111-1111-AAAG-111111111111',
       ],
     });
+    test({
+      validator: 'isUUID',
+      args: [undefined],
+      valid: [
+        'A117FBC9-4BED-3078-CF07-9141BA07C9F3',
+        'A117FBC9-4BED-5078-AF07-9141BA07C9F3',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        '',
+        'xxxA987FBC9-4BED-3078-CF07-9141BA07C9F3',
+        'A987FBC94BED3078CF079141BA07C9F3',
+        'A11AAAAA-1111-1111-AAAG-111111111111',
+      ],
+    });
+    test({
+      validator: 'isUUID',
+      args: [null],
+      valid: [
+        'A127FBC9-4BED-3078-CF07-9141BA07C9F3',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        '',
+        'xxxA987FBC9-4BED-3078-CF07-9141BA07C9F3',
+        'A127FBC9-4BED-3078-CF07-9141BA07C9F3xxx',
+        '912859',
+        'A12AAAAA-1111-1111-AAAG-111111111111',
+      ],
+    });
     test({
       validator: 'isUUID',
       args: [3],
@@ -4686,6 +4802,27 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
 
   it('should validate identity cards', () => {
     const fixtures = [
+      {
+        locale: 'LK',
+        valid: [
+          '722222222v',
+          '722222222V',
+          '993151225x',
+          '993151225X',
+          '188888388x',
+          '935632124V',
+          '199931512253',
+          '200023125632',
+        ],
+        invalid: [
+          '023125648V',
+          '023345621v',
+          '021354211X',
+          '055321231x',
+          '02135465462',
+          '199931512253X',
+        ],
+      },
       {
         locale: 'PL',
         valid: [
@@ -4739,6 +4876,20 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           'Z1234567C',
         ],
       },
+      {
+        locale: 'FI',
+        valid: [
+          '131052-308T', // People born in 1900s
+          '131052A308T', // People born in 2000s
+          '131052+308T', // People born in 1800s
+          '131052-313Y',
+        ],
+        invalid: [
+          '131052308T',
+          '131052-308T ',
+          '131052-308A',
+        ],
+      },
       {
         locale: 'IN',
         valid: [
@@ -6011,6 +6162,19 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           '064349089895623459',
         ],
       },
+      {
+        locale: 'hu-HU',
+        valid: [
+          '06301234567',
+          '+36201234567',
+          '06701234567',
+        ],
+        invalid: [
+          '1234',
+          '06211234567',
+          '+3620123456',
+        ],
+      },
       {
         locale: 'mz-MZ',
         valid: [
@@ -6102,19 +6266,28 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
       {
         locale: 'zh-CN',
         valid: [
-          '15323456787',
           '13523333233',
-          '13898728332',
+          '13838389438',
+          '14899230918',
+          '14999230918',
+          '15323456787',
+          '15052052020',
+          '16237108167',
+          '008616238234822',
+          '+8616238234822',
+          '16565600001',
+          '17269427292',
+          '17469427292',
+          '18199617480',
+          '19151751717',
+          '19651751717',
           '+8613238234822',
           '+8613487234567',
           '+8617823492338',
           '+8617823492338',
-          '16637108167',
           '+8616637108167',
           '+8616637108167',
           '+8616712341234',
-          '008618812341234',
-          '008618812341234',
           '+8619912341234',
           '+8619812341234',
           '+8619712341234',
@@ -6123,17 +6296,25 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           '+8619312341234',
           '+8619212341234',
           '+8619112341234',
-          '17269427292',
-          '16565600001',
           '+8617269427292',
+          '008618812341234',
+          '008618812341234',
           '008617269427292',
-          '16238234822',
-          '008616238234822',
-          '+8616238234822',
+          // Reserve number segments in the future.
+          '92138389438',
+          '+8692138389438',
+          '008692138389438',
+          '98199649964',
+          '+8698099649964',
+          '008698099649964',
         ],
         invalid: [
           '12345',
           '',
+          '12038389438',
+          '12838389438',
+          '013838389438',
+          '+86-13838389438',
           '+08613811211114',
           '+008613811211114',
           '08613811211114',
@@ -6159,6 +6340,26 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           '0-987123456',
         ],
       },
+      {
+        locale: 'en-BM',
+        valid: [
+          '+14417974653',
+          '14413986653',
+          '4415370973',
+          '+14415005489',
+        ],
+        invalid: [
+          '85763287',
+          '+14412020436',
+          '+14412236546',
+          '+14418245567',
+          '+14416546789',
+          '44087635627',
+          '+4418970973',
+          '',
+          '+1441897465',
+        ],
+      },
       {
         locale: 'en-ZA',
         valid: [
@@ -6759,14 +6960,13 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           '0786642116',
           '078 7642116',
           '078-7642116',
-
+          '0749994567',
         ],
         invalid: [
           '9912349956789',
           '12345',
           '1678123456',
           '0731234567',
-          '0749994567',
           '0797878674',
         ],
       },
@@ -7016,6 +7216,34 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           '01234567',
         ],
       },
+      {
+        locale: 'es-CU',
+        valid: [
+          '+5351234567',
+          '005353216547',
+          '51234567',
+          '53214567',
+        ],
+        invalid: [
+          '1234',
+          '+5341234567',
+          '0041234567',
+          '41234567',
+          '11234567',
+          '21234567',
+          '31234567',
+          '60303456',
+          '71234567',
+          '81234567',
+          '91234567',
+          '+5343216547',
+          '+5332165498',
+          '+53121234567',
+          '',
+          'abc',
+          '+535123457',
+        ],
+      },
       {
         locale: 'es-DO',
         valid: [
@@ -7946,6 +8174,26 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           'NotANumber',
         ],
       },
+      {
+        locale: 'en-PK',
+        valid: [
+          '+923412877421',
+          '+923001234567',
+          '00923001234567',
+          '923001234567',
+          '03001234567',
+        ],
+        invalid: [
+          '+3001234567',
+          '+933001234567',
+          '+924001234567',
+          '+92300123456720',
+          '030012345672',
+          '30012345673',
+          '0030012345673',
+          '3001234567',
+        ],
+      },
     ];
 
     let allValid = [];
@@ -10004,6 +10252,20 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
           'ab1234',
         ],
       },
+      {
+        locale: 'LK',
+        valid: [
+          '11500',
+          '22200',
+          '10370',
+          '43000',
+        ],
+        invalid: [
+          '1234',
+          '789389',
+          '982',
+        ],
+      },
     ];
 
     let allValid = [];
@@ -10931,6 +11193,39 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         'FS AB 1234 A',
       ],
     });
+    test({
+      validator: 'isLicensePlate',
+      args: ['fi-FI'],
+      valid: [
+        'ABC-123',
+        'ABC 123',
+        'ABC123',
+        'A100',
+        'A 100',
+        'A-100',
+        'C10001',
+        'C 10001',
+        'C-10001',
+        '123-ABC',
+        '123 ABC',
+        '123ABC',
+        '123-A',
+        '123 A',
+        '123A',
+        '199AA',
+        '199 AA',
+        '199-AA',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        ' ',
+        'A-1',
+        'A1A-100',
+        '1-A-2',
+        'C1234567',
+        'A B C 1 2 3',
+        'abc-123',
+      ],
+    });
     test({
       validator: 'isLicensePlate',
       args: ['sq-AL'],
@@ -11015,7 +11310,7 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
       ],
     });
   });
-  it('should validate english VAT numbers', () => {
+  it('should validate VAT numbers', () => {
     test({
       validator: 'isVAT',
       args: ['GB'],
@@ -11045,7 +11340,6 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         'GBHA499',
       ],
     });
-
     test({
       validator: 'isVAT',
       args: ['IT'],
@@ -11061,7 +11355,21 @@ describe('Validators', () => {
         'IT123456789',
       ],
     });
-
+    test({
+      validator: 'isVAT',
+      args: ['NL'],
+      valid: [
+        'NL123456789B10',
+        '123456789B10',
+      ],
+      invalid: [
+        'NL12345678 910',
+        'NL 123456789101',
+        'NL123456789B1',
+        'GB12345678910',
+        'NL123456789',
+      ],
+    });
     test({
       validator: 'isVAT',
       args: ['invalidCountryCode'],