Is it possibile use Validation class with strings without using fieldsets??
I would validate with "valid_string" rule something like :
public static function create($item)
{
$val = \Validation::forge();
// validate the $item param with ('valid_string', array('alpha', 'numeric', 'dots', 'utf8')
}
No, Validation needs to "model" the fields it is validating and that's what the Fieldset class is for.
Having said that, there's no reason why your example couldn't work.