Laravel, adding data to database after verifying ReCaptcha - laravel

Question

I'm using ReCaptcha in my Laravel project, done it with this
tutorial.
I need to create a page where user can post his message after checking captcha.
I have created a modal dialog where user can fill in data like this :
<form class="form-horizontal" action="" method="post">
<div class="form-group error">
<label for="messageName" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Name</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<input type="text" class="form-control has-error" id="name" name="name" placeholder="Your name" value=""
ng-model="message.name" ng-required="true">
<span class="help-inline"
ng-show="GBM.text.$invalid && GBM.text.$touched">Required</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group error">
<label for="messageEmail" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Email</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<input type="email" class="form-control has-error" id="email" name="email" placeholder="E-mail" value=""
ng-model="message.email" ng-required="true">
<span class="help-inline"
ng-show="GBM.email.$invalid && GBM.email.$touched">Required</span>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group error">
<label for="messageLink" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Web</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<input class="form-control" rows="3" class="form-control has-error" id="web" name="web" placeholder="Link for your web" value="" ng-model="message.web" ng-required="false" >
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group error">
<label for="messageText" class="col-sm-3 control-label">Comment</label>
<div class="col-sm-9">
<textarea class="form-control" rows="3" class="form-control has-error" id="comment" name="comment" placeholder="Your comment" value="" ng-model="message.text" ng-required="true" ></textarea>
<span class="help-inline"
ng-show="GBM.text.$invalid && GBM.text.$touched">Required</span>
</div>
</div>
{!! csrf_field() !!}
<!-- recaptcha -->
{{Request::is('contactd')}}
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-md-9">
<div class="g-recaptcha" data-sitekey="{{env('GOOGLE_RECAPTCHA_KEY')}}"></div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- Button -->
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-md-9 control-label"></label>
<div class="col-md-9">
<button type="submit" name="send" class="btn btn-primary btn-lg btn-block">Add new message <span class="fa fa-paper-plane-o"></span></button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
For a route I got it like this:Route::post('contact','ContactController#store');
And here is the problem, in my controller i got this code to verify captcha:
public function store(ReCaptchataTestFormRequest $request){
return "Captcha done right! ";}
And this code to save data to database
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [ 'name' => 'required|max:255' ]);
$this->validate($request, [ 'email' => 'required | email' ]);
$this->validate($request, [ 'comment' => 'required' ]);
$ip = $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'];
$browser = $_SERVER['HTTP_USER_AGENT'];
$guestbook = Guest_books::create([
'name' => $request->input('name'),
'email' => $request->input('email'),
'web' => $request->input('web'),
'comment' => $request->input('comment'),
'ip' => $ip,
'browser' => $browser
]);
return $guestbook;
}
So the question is: What to write in Controller for project to verify Captcha and then post it to database?

Answer 1

The tutorial you've followed teaches you how to create a custom validation rule which you can then use when validating requests, either through a Form Request or directly in your controller.
The mistake you've made in your controller is that you've called validate multiple times, instead you should pass it an array containing all of your rules, including your recaptcha rule, e.g:
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'name' => 'required|max:255',
'email' => 'required|email',
'comment' => 'required',
'g-recaptcha-response' => 'required|recaptcha',
]);
// ...
}
Additionally, you should note that the store method should always return a redirect.