Simplify Controller in Laravel - validation

Question

This is the store function in my UsersController, as you can see it is very long. Is it possible to create a function and reuse it later in the others method like the store and update function in Laravel?
I want to reuse all the code in the store function in my update function later as shown below:
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validate(
$request,
[
'profile_image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg|max:2048',
'name' => 'required|string',
'gender' => ['required', 'in:male,female'],
'dob' => 'required|date',
'ic' => 'required|string',
'email' => 'required|string|max:255|email|unique:users',
'phone' => 'required|numeric',
'address' => 'required|string|max:255',
'password' => [
'required',
'string',
'min:10', // must be at least 10 characters in length
'regex:/[a-z]/', // must contain at least one lowercase letter
'regex:/[A-Z]/', // must contain at least one uppercase letter
'regex:/[0-9]/', // must contain at least one digit
'regex:/[#$!%*#?&]/', // must contain a special character
],
'license_image' => 'required|image|mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg|max:2048',
'license_id' => 'required|string',
'license_exp' => 'required|date',
'organisation' => 'required|string',
'plate_no' => 'required|string',
]
);
$data = $request->except('password');
$data['password'] = bcrypt($request->password);
$user = User::create($data);
if ($files = $request->file('profile_image')) {
// Define upload path
$destinationPath = public_path('users/profile_images/'); // upload path
// Upload Orginal Image
$profileImage = date('YmdHis') . "." . $files->getClientOriginalExtension();
$files->move($destinationPath, $profileImage);
$insert['image'] = "$profileImage";
// Save In Database
$user->profile_image = "$profileImage";
$user->save();
}
if ($files = $request->file('license_image')) {
// Define upload path
$destinationPath = public_path('users/license_images/'); // upload path
// Upload Orginal Image
$licenseImage = date('YmdHis') . "." . $files->getClientOriginalExtension();
$files->move($destinationPath, $licenseImage);
$insert['image'] = "$licenseImage";
// Save In Database
$user->license_image = "$licenseImage";
$user->save();
}
foreach ($request->roles as $role) {
$user->assignRole($role);
}
return redirect('admin/users')->with('flash_message', 'User added!');
}
except
foreach ($request->roles as $role) {
$user->assignRole($role);
}
return redirect('admin/users')->with('flash_message', 'User added!');