How to do Custom Validation in Laravel

In this tutorial, we learn about the How to do Custom Validation in Laravel. Laravel provides several different approaches to validate your application’s incoming data. By default, Laravel’s base controller class uses a ValidatesRequests trait which provides a convenient method to validate incoming HTTP request with a variety of powerful validation rules.

How to do Custom Validation in Laravel

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Validation Quickstart

To learn about powerful Laravel Custom Validation features, let’s look at a complete example of validating a form and displaying the error messages back to the user.

1. Defining The Routes

First, let’s assume we have the following routes defined in our routes/web.php file:

Route::get('post/create', 'PostController@create');

Route::post('post', 'PostController@store');

 

Of course, the GET route will display a form for the user to create a new blog post, while the POST route will store the new blog post in the database.

2. Creating The Controller

Next, let’s take a look at a simple controller that handles these routes. We’ll leave the store method empty for now:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

class PostController extends Controller
{
    /**
     * Show the form to create a new blog post.
     *
     * @return Response
     */
    public function create()
    {
        return view('post.create');
    }

    /**
     * Store a new blog post.
     *
     * @param  Request  $request
     * @return Response
     */
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        // Validate and store the blog post...
    }
}

3. Writing The Validation Logic

Now we are ready to fill in our store  method with the logic to validate the new blog post. To do this, we will use the validate method provided by the Illuminate\Http\Request object. If the validation rules pass, your code will keep executing normally; however, if validation fails, an exception will be thrown and the proper error response will automatically be sent back to the user.

To get a better understanding of the validate method, let’s jump back into the store method:

/**
 * Store a new blog post.
 *
 * @param  Request  $request
 * @return Response
 */
public function store(Request $request)
{
    $validatedData = $request->validate([
        'title' => 'required|unique:posts|max:255',
        'body' => 'required',
    ]);

    // The blog post is valid...
}

As you can see, we pass the desired validation rules into the validate method. Again, if the validation fails, the proper response will automatically be generated. If the validation passes, our controller will continue executing normally.

4. Displaying The Validation Errors

So, what if the incoming request parameters do not pass the given validation rules? As mentioned previously, Laravel will automatically redirect the user back to their previous location. In addition, all of the validation errors will automatically be flashed to the session.

So, in our example, the user will be redirected to our controller’s create method when validation fails, allowing us to display the error messages in the view:

<!-- /resources/views/post/create.blade.php -->

<h1>Create Post</h1>

@if ($errors->any())
    <div class="alert alert-danger">
        <ul>
            @foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
                <li>{{ $error }}</li>
            @endforeach
        </ul>
    </div>
@endif

<!-- Create Post Form -->

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