Validate an array using Laravels Validator [duplicate]

Question

Is it possible to use Laravels validate function to validate an array, and if so how?

I'm not interested in validating input or a request, I just wanna use Laravels great validation syntax on a completely ordinary array.

Example

$arr = array(
    'name' => 'David',
    'year' => 1986,
    'score' => 532
    );

$this->validate($arr, [
    'name' => 'required',
    'year' => 'numeric',
    'score' => 'required|numeric'
    ]);

This will throw an error

Argument 1 passed to App\Http\Controllers\Controller::validate() must be an instance of Illuminate\Http\Request

Laravel version: 5.1
PHP version: 7.1

Dev · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-10 08:52:58Z

2

You may use

$arr = array(
    'name' => 'David',
    'year' => 1986,
    'score' => 532
    );

$validator = Validator::make($arr, [
    'name' => 'required',
    'year' => 'numeric',
    'score' => 'required|numeric'
    ]);

and

if ($validator ->passes()){
/* True condition here*/
}

answered Jan 10, 2017 at 8:52

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Daniel Over a year ago

D'oh. Obviously. Thank you - will accept your answer when I can

Dev Over a year ago

@Daniel OK. Did I get your question correctly? Or am I missing something?

Daniel Over a year ago

This is exactly what I was looking for

Paul Androschuk · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-10 09:05:40Z

0

$this->validate() method requires 'Request' as first argument. To use $this->validate() method you should merge request data before you call $this->validate().

$request->merge(array(
    'name' => 'David',
    'year' => 1986,
    'score' => 532
));

$this->validate($request->only(['name', 'year', 'score']), [
    'name' => 'required',
    'year' => 'numeric',
    'score' => 'required|numeric'
]);

P.S. Don't forget to inject Request service to your method.

answered Jan 10, 2017 at 9:05

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Sujal Patel · Accepted Answer · 2017-01-10 09:14:35Z

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$validator = Validator::make(
        $arr,
        array(
            'name' => 'required',
            'year' => 'numeric',
            'score' => 'required|numeric'
        )
    );

    if ($validator->fails()) {
        $errors = $validator->errors();
        print_r($errors);
    }

answered Jan 10, 2017 at 9:14

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