Validate UK VAT numbers

composer.json

@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@
         "orchestra/testbench": "~3.5|^4.0|^5.0|^6.0",
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^6.5|^7.5|^8.5|^9.5"
     },
+    "suggest": {
+        "ext-curl": "Required when you need to validate UK VAT numbers."
+    },
     "autoload": {
         "classmap": [
             "src/controllers/Controller.php"

src/Mpociot/VatCalculator/VatCalculator.php

@@ -382,6 +382,11 @@ class VatCalculator
      */
     protected $businessCountryCode;
 
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $ukValidationEndpoint = 'https://api.service.hmrc.gov.uk';
+
     /**
      * @param \Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository
      */
@@ -664,10 +669,10 @@ public function isValidVATNumber($vatNumber)
         $details = self::getVATDetails($vatNumber);
 
         if ($details) {
-            return $details->valid;
-        } else {
-            return false;
+            return is_array($details) ? isset($details['vatNumber']) : $details->valid;
         }
+
+        return false;
     }
 
     /**
@@ -682,25 +687,43 @@ public function getVATDetails($vatNumber)
         $vatNumber = str_replace([' ', "\xC2\xA0", "\xA0", '-', '.', ','], '', trim($vatNumber));
         $countryCode = substr($vatNumber, 0, 2);
         $vatNumber = substr($vatNumber, 2);
-        $this->initSoapClient();
-        $client = $this->soapClient;
-        if ($client) {
-            try {
-                $result = $client->checkVat([
-                    'countryCode' => $countryCode,
-                    'vatNumber' => $vatNumber,
-                ]);
-
-                return $result;
-            } catch (SoapFault $e) {
-                if (isset($this->config) && $this->config->get('vat_calculator.forward_soap_faults')) {
-                    throw new VATCheckUnavailableException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e->getPrevious());
-                }
 
+        if (strtoupper($countryCode) === 'GB' && extension_loaded('curl')) {
+            $curl_handle = curl_init();
+            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_URL, "$this->ukValidationEndpoint/organisations/vat/check-vat-number/lookup/$vatNumber");
+            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 2);
+            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
+            curl_setopt($curl_handle, CURLOPT_USERAGENT, 'VatCalculator');
+            $result = curl_exec($curl_handle);
+            curl_close($curl_handle);
+
+            $response = json_decode($result, true, 512, JSON_OBJECT_AS_ARRAY);
+
+            if (isset($response['code']) && $response['code'] === 'NOT_FOUND') {
                 return false;
             }
+
+            return $response['target'];
+        } else {
+            $this->initSoapClient();
+            $client = $this->soapClient;
+
+            if ($client) {
+                try {
+                    return $client->checkVat([
+                        'countryCode' => $countryCode,
+                        'vatNumber' => $vatNumber,
+                    ]);
+                } catch (SoapFault $e) {
+                    if (isset($this->config) && $this->config->get('vat_calculator.forward_soap_faults')) {
+                        throw new VATCheckUnavailableException($e->getMessage(), $e->getCode(), $e->getPrevious());
+                    }
+
+                    return false;
+                }
+            }
+            throw new VATCheckUnavailableException('The VAT check service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.');
         }
-        throw new VATCheckUnavailableException('The VAT check service is currently unavailable. Please try again later.');
     }
 
     /**
@@ -731,4 +754,15 @@ public function setSoapClient($soapClient)
     {
         $this->soapClient = $soapClient;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @return $this
+     * @internal This method is not covered by our BC policy.
+     */
+    public function testing()
+    {
+        $this->ukValidationEndpoint = 'https://test-api.service.hmrc.gov.uk';
+
+        return $this;
+    }
 }

tests/VatCalculatorTest.php

@@ -479,6 +479,24 @@ public function testCannotValidateVATNumberWhenServiceIsDown()
         $vatCalculator->isValidVATNumber($vatNumber);
     }
 
+    public function testCanValidateValidUKVATNumber()
+    {
+        $config = m::mock('Illuminate\Contracts\Config\Repository');
+
+        $config->shouldReceive('has')
+            ->once()
+            ->with('vat_calculator.business_country_code')
+            ->andReturn(false);
+
+        $result = new \stdClass();
+        $result->valid = true;
+
+        $vatNumber = 'GB 553557881';
+        $vatCalculator = new VatCalculator($config);
+        $result = $vatCalculator->testing()->isValidVATNumber($vatNumber);
+        $this->assertTrue($result);
+    }
+
     /**
      * @link https://tools.tracemyip.org/search--country/germany
      */