Implement `addError`

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08ef693..19be459 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -56,6 +56,16 @@ You can use `$hird->setFieldNames` to overwrite the field names for use within t
 $hird->setFieldNames(['email' => 'E-mail']);
 ```
 
+#### Manually add an error
+
+In some cases you want to use the same validator provided error messages, but want to mix-match them with validations you do outside of Hird. Well, for that you can use the `addError` method, like so:
+
+```php
+$hird->addError("My error message goes here");
+```
+
+Which will prompt Hird validation to fail and show that error message.
+
 ## Built-in validators
 
 There are a number of built-in validators available for use by default. If you want to remove a built-in validator, you can remove one using the `$hird->removeValidator('rule-name')` method.
diff --git a/src/Hird.php b/src/Hird.php
index 956d7d6..eb96dd1 100644
--- a/src/Hird.php
+++ b/src/Hird.php
@@ -119,6 +119,17 @@ class Hird
     }
 
     /**
+     * Manually adds an error.
+     *
+     * @param string $error
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function addError(string $error): void
+    {
+        $this->errors[] = $error;
+    }
+
+    /**
      * Runs `$this->rules` over `$this->fields` to construct 
      * potential errors that will be stored as an array of strings 
      * in `$this->errors`.