diff --git a/src/lib/ValidationRulesBuilder.php b/src/lib/ValidationRulesBuilder.php
index 3f3c1398..75f07be5 100644
--- a/src/lib/ValidationRulesBuilder.php
+++ b/src/lib/ValidationRulesBuilder.php
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@
 use cebe\yii2openapi\lib\items\Attribute;
 use cebe\yii2openapi\lib\items\DbModel;
 use cebe\yii2openapi\lib\items\ValidationRule;
-use yii\helpers\VarDumper;
-use yii\validators\DateValidator;
 use function count;
 use function implode;
 use function in_array;
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ public function build():array
             }
         }
         foreach ($this->model->attributes as $attribute) {
-            // column/field/property with name `id` is considered as Primary Key by this library and it is automatically handled by DB/Yii; so remove it from validation `rules()`
+            // column/field/property with name `id` is considered as Primary Key by this library, and it is automatically handled by DB/Yii; so remove it from validation `rules()`
             if (in_array($attribute->columnName, ['id', $this->model->pkName]) ||
                 in_array($attribute->propertyName, ['id', $this->model->pkName])
             ) {
@@ -136,16 +134,32 @@ private function resolveAttributeRules(Attribute $attribute):void
 
     private function addRulesByAttributeName(Attribute $attribute):void
     {
-        //@TODO: probably also patterns for file, image
         $patterns = [
             '~e?mail~i' => 'email',
             '~(url|site|website|href|link)~i' => 'url',
+
+            # below patters will only work if `format: binary` (file) is present in OpenAPI spec
+            # also `string` validation rule will be removed
+            '~(image|photo|picture)~i' => 'image',
+            '~(file|pdf|audio|video|document|json|yml|yaml|zip|tar|7z)~i' => 'file',
         ];
+        $addRule = function (Attribute $attribute, string $validator): void {
+            $key = $attribute->columnName . '_' . $validator;
+            $this->rules[$key] = new ValidationRule([$attribute->columnName], $validator);
+        };
         foreach ($patterns as $pattern => $validator) {
             if (empty($attribute->reference) # ignore column name based rules in case of reference/relation # https://github.com/cebe/yii2-openapi/issues/159
                 && preg_match($pattern, strtolower($attribute->columnName))) {
-                $key = $attribute->columnName . '_' . $validator;
-                $this->rules[$key] = new ValidationRule([$attribute->columnName], $validator);
+                if (in_array($validator, ['image', 'file'], true)) {
+                    if ($attribute->dbType === 'binary') {
+                        $addRule($attribute, $validator);
+                        // for files, we don't need `string` validation
+                        $key = $attribute->columnName . '_string';
+                        unset($this->rules[$key]);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    $addRule($attribute, $validator);
+                }
                 return;
             }
         }
@@ -223,7 +237,7 @@ private function prepareTypeScope():void
             if ($attribute->isReadOnly()) {
                 continue;
             }
-            // column/field/property with name `id` is considered as Primary Key by this library and it is automatically handled by DB/Yii; so remove it from validation `rules()`
+            // column/field/property with name `id` is considered as Primary Key by this library, and it is automatically handled by DB/Yii; so remove it from validation `rules()`
             if (in_array($attribute->columnName, ['id', $this->model->pkName]) ||
                 in_array($attribute->propertyName, ['id', $this->model->pkName])
             ) {
diff --git a/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/index.php b/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/index.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4415beda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/index.php
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    'openApiPath' => '@specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/index.yaml',
+    'generateUrls' => false,
+    'generateModels' => true,
+    'excludeModels' => [
+        'Error',
+    ],
+    'generateControllers' => false,
+    'generateMigrations' => false,
+    'generateModelFaker' => false, // `generateModels` must be `true` in order to use `generateModelFaker` as `true`
+];
+
diff --git a/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/index.yaml b/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/index.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4561070f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/index.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+
+openapi: 3.0.3
+
+info:
+  title: Add validation rules by attribute name or pattern \#30
+  version: 1.0.0
+
+components:
+  schemas:
+    User:
+      type: object
+      required:
+        - id
+        - name
+      properties:
+        id:
+          type: integer
+          readOnly: true
+        name:
+          description: name
+          type: string
+          maxLength: 128
+        photo:
+          type: string
+          format: binary
+        profile_photo:
+          type: string
+          format: binary
+        pdf:
+          type: string
+          format: binary
+        a_file:
+          type: string
+          format: binary
+        profile:
+          type: string
+
+paths:
+  '/':
+    get:
+      operationId: opId
+      summary: summary
+      responses:
+        '200':
+          description: OK
diff --git a/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/mysql/models/User.php b/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/mysql/models/User.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b837d6e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/mysql/models/User.php
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace app\models;
+
+class User extends \app\models\base\User
+{
+
+
+}
+
diff --git a/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/mysql/models/base/User.php b/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/mysql/models/base/User.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..87027cf9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/mysql/models/base/User.php
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace app\models\base;
+
+/**
+ *
+ *
+ * @property int $id
+ * @property string $name name
+ * @property string $photo
+ * @property string $profile_photo
+ * @property string $pdf
+ * @property string $a_file
+ * @property string $profile
+ *
+ */
+abstract class User extends \yii\db\ActiveRecord
+{
+    public static function tableName()
+    {
+        return '{{%users}}';
+    }
+
+    public function rules()
+    {
+        return [
+            'trim' => [['name', 'photo', 'profile_photo', 'pdf', 'a_file', 'profile'], 'trim'],
+            'required' => [['name'], 'required'],
+            'name_string' => [['name'], 'string', 'max' => 128],
+            'photo_image' => [['photo'], 'image'],
+            'profile_photo_image' => [['profile_photo'], 'image'],
+            'pdf_file' => [['pdf'], 'file'],
+            'a_file_file' => [['a_file'], 'file'],
+            'profile_string' => [['profile'], 'string'],
+        ];
+    }
+}
diff --git a/tests/unit/IssueFixTest.php b/tests/unit/IssueFixTest.php
index b6c7abdb..e08e6b2b 100644
--- a/tests/unit/IssueFixTest.php
+++ b/tests/unit/IssueFixTest.php
@@ -360,4 +360,18 @@ public function test158BugGiiapiGeneratedRulesEnumWithTrim()
         ]);
         $this->checkFiles($actualFiles, $expectedFiles);
     }
+
+    // https://github.com/php-openapi/yii2-openapi/issues/30
+    public function test30AddValidationRulesByAttributeNameOrPattern()
+    {
+        $testFile = Yii::getAlias("@specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/index.php");
+        $this->runGenerator($testFile);
+        $actualFiles = FileHelper::findFiles(Yii::getAlias('@app'), [
+            'recursive' => true,
+        ]);
+        $expectedFiles = FileHelper::findFiles(Yii::getAlias("@specs/issue_fix/30_add_validation_rules_by_attribute_name_or_pattern/mysql"), [
+            'recursive' => true,
+        ]);
+        $this->checkFiles($actualFiles, $expectedFiles);
+    }
 }