Laravel array key validation - laravel

Question

I have custom request data:
{
"data": {
"checkThisKeyForExists": [
{
"value": "Array key Validation"
}
]
}
}
And this validation rules:
$rules = [
'data' => ['required','array'],
'data.*' => ['exists:table,id']
];
How I can validate array key using Laravel?

Answer 1

maybe it will helpful for you
$rules = ([
'name' => 'required|string', //your field
'children.*.name' => 'required|string', //your 1st nested field
'children.*.children.*.name => 'required|string' //your 2nd nested field
]);

Answer 2

The right way
This isn't possible in Laravel out of the box, but you can add a new validation rule to validate array keys:
php artisan make:rule KeysIn
The rule should look roughly like the following:
class KeysIn implements Rule
{
public function __construct(protected array $values)
{
}
public function message(): string
{
return ':attribute contains invalid fields';
}
public function passes($attribute, $value): bool
{
// Swap keys with their values in our field list, so we
// get ['foo' => 0, 'bar' => 1] instead of ['foo', 'bar']
$allowedKeys = array_flip($this->values);
// Compare the value's array *keys* with the flipped fields
$unknownKeys = array_diff_key($value, $allowedKeys);
// The validation only passes if there are no unknown keys
return count($unknownKeys) === 0;
}
}
You can use this rule like so:
$rules = [
'data' => ['required','array', new KeysIn(['foo', 'bar'])],
'data.*' => ['exists:table,id']
];
The quick way
If you only need to do this once, you can do it the quick-and-dirty way, too:
$rules = [
'data' => [
'required',
'array',
fn(attribute, $value, $fail) => count(array_diff_key($value, $array_flip([
'foo',
'bar'
]))) > 0 ? $fail("{$attribute} contains invalid fields") : null
],
'data.*' => ['exists:table,id']
];

Answer 3

I think this is what you are looking:
$rules = [
'data.checkThisKeyForExists.value' => ['exists:table,id']
];