I extedned request class to create my own valdiation rules. In that class I added my custom validation function. In function I check if tags are pass regEx and I would like to filter tags to remove tags shorter then 2 characters.
And later keep in request only tags that passed validation.
public function createPost(PostRequest $request)
{
dd($request->all()); //In this place I would like to keep only tags passed through validation not all tags recived in request
}
Is it possibile to do it? How to set it in Request class?
'tags' => [
'nullable',
'string',
function ($attribute, $value, $fail){
$tagsArray = explode(',', $value);
if(count($tagsArray) > 5) {
$fail(__('place.tags_max_limit'));
}
$tagsFiltered = [];
foreach ($tagsArray as $tag){
$tag = trim($tag);
if(preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]+$/',$tag)){
$tagsFiltered[] = $tag;
};
}
return $tagsFiltered;
}
],
EDIT:
I think we miss understanding. I would like to after validation have only tags that returned in variable $tagsFiltered; Not the same as recived in input.
You have to create this custom regex rule and use it into rules() function.
Like so:
public function rules()
{
return [
'tag' => 'regex:/[^]{2,}/'
];
}
public function createPost(PostRequest $request)
{
$request->validated();
}
And then just call it via validated() function wherever you want.
first define validation rule with this command:
php artisan make:rule TagsFilter
navigate to TagsFilter rule file and define your filter on passes method:
public function passes($attribute, $value)
{
$tagsArray = explode(',', $value);
$tagsFiltered = [];
foreach ($tagsArray as $tag){
$tag = trim($tag);
if(preg_match('/^[a-zA-Z]+$/',$tag)){
$tagsFiltered[] = $tag;
};
}
return count($tagsArray) > 5 && count($tagsFiltered) > 0;
}
then include your rule in your validation on controller:
$request->validate([
'tags' => ['required', new TagsFilter],
]);
I'm trying to setup validation rule with condition but have no idea how to do following:
In my form I have title_url (array for multiple language versions). I want to have unique title_url but only when module_cat_id in the form has same value as existing rows in DB.
This is my rule:
'title_url.*' => 'required|min:3|unique:modules_cat_lang,title_url'
Any ideas how to solve this?
You can define your custom similar to code below:
\Validator::extend('custom_validator', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters) {
foreach ($value as $v) {
$query = \DB::table('modules_cat_lang') // use model if you have
->where('title_url', $v)
->where('module_cat_id', \Input::get('module_cat_id'));
if ($query->exists()) {
return false;
}
}
});
'title_url.*' => 'required|min:3|custom_validator'
Read more here https://laravel.com/docs/5.3/validation#custom-validation-rules .
If you want to add your own custom validation logic to the existing laravel validator then You can use after hooks. Please have a look at the below examples.
Reference : https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/validation#adding-after-hooks-to-form-requests
Example 1(Without Parameter)
$validator->after(function ($validator) {
if ('your condition') {
$validator->errors()->add('field', 'Something went wrong!');
}
});
Example 2(With Parameter) // Here you can pass a custom parameter($input)
$validator->after(function ($validator) use ($input) {
if ($input) {
$validator->errors()->add('field', 'Something went wrong!');
}
});
Accessors will do their job on a single attribute perfectly, but I need a way to have a method to do an Accessor/Getter job on all attributes and automatically.
The purpose is that I want to replace some characters/numbers on getting attributes and then printing them out. I can do it from within controller and manually but I think it would be great to have it from model side and automatically.
Like overriding getAttributes() method:
public function getAttributes()
{
foreach ($this->attributes as $key => $value) {
$this->attributes[$key] = str_replace([...], [...], $value);
}
return $this->attributes;
}
But I have to call it every time on model $model->getAttributes();
Any way to do it automatically and DRY?
Try something like:
public function getAttribute($key)
{
if (array_key_exists($key, $this->attributes) || $this->hasGetMutator($key)) {
if($key === 'name') return 'modify this value';
return $this->getAttributeValue($key);
}
return $this->getRelationValue($key);
}
It's fully overriding the default method so be a bit careful.
EDIT
Also check out: http://laravel.com/docs/5.1/eloquent-mutators
I would go with following approach and override the models __get method:
public function __get($key)
{
$excluded = [
// here you should add primary or foreign keys and other values,
// that should not be touched.
// $alternatively define an $included array to whitelist values
'foreignkey',
];
// if mutator is defined for an attribute it has precedence.
if(array_key_exists($key, $this->attributes)
&& ! $this->hasGetMutator($key) && ! in_array($key, $excluded)) {
return "modified string";
}
// let everything else handle the Model class itself
return parent::__get($key);
}
}
How about running it with each Creating and Updating events. So you can do something like that:
public function boot()
{
Model::creating(function ($model)
return $model->getAttributes(); //or $this->getAttributes()
});
Model::updating(function ($model)
return $model->getAttributes(); //or $this->getAttributes()
});
}
I want to define a validation for my field :
All numbers except zero and two
can I define my pattern?
what means $ and U ,p and other character?
'pattern'=>'/^[\p{L}\s,0-9]+$/u'
An overly complex regular expression won't do you any good. Instead, take advantage of the not setting, which is effectively inverting the pattern for you:
public function rules() {
return array(
array('field_name','pattern'=>'/^[02]$/','not'=>true),
);
}
In model add code
public function rules()
{
return array(
array('field_name','match', 'pattern'=>'/^[^02]+$/u','message'=>'Invalid Number.'),
);
}
you do it using your model rule
public function rules() {
return array(
// your other rules
array('fieldName', 'patternCheck'),
);
}
public function patterCheck($attribute, $params){
$pattern = '/^[\p{L}\s,0-9]+$/u';
preg_match($pattern, $attribute->fieldName, $matches, PREG_OFFSET_CAPTURE);
return $matches;
}
This will validate your field
How can we validate form fields that are arrays? Take a look at the following code
UserPhone Model:
public static $rules= array(
'phonenumber'=>'required|numeric',
'isPrimary'=>'in:0,1'
)
...........
UserController:
$validation = UserPhone::validate(Input::only('phonenumber')));
if($validation->passes())
{
$allInputs = Input::only('phonenumber','tid');
$loopSize = sizeOf($allInputs);
for($i=0;$i<$loopSize;$i++)
{
$phone = UserPhone::find($allInputs['tid'][$i]);
$phone->phonenumber = $allInputs['phonenumber'][$i];
$phone->save();
}
return Redirect::to('myprofile')->with('message','Update OK');
}
else
{
return Redirect::to('editPhone')->withErrors($validation);
}
}
the $validation comes from a BaseModel which extends Eloquent.
In my view:
<?php $counter=1; ?>
#foreach($phones as $thephone)
<section class="col col-12">
<label class="label">Phone Number {{$counter++}}</label>
<label class="input">
<i class="icon-append icon-phone"></i>
{{Form::text('phonenumber[]',$thephone->phonenumber)}}
{{Form::hidden('tid[]',$thephone->id)}}
</label>
</section>
#endforeach
Everything is working fine and I get all the phone numbers I want in the Update Form, but I cannot update the model because the validation fails with the message "Phonenumber must be a number".
I know that there is not a simple solution for validating array form fields and I tried to extend the validator class but with no success.
How can I validate this kind of fields?
Here's the solution I use:
Usage
Simply transform your usual rules by prefixing each. For example:
'names' => 'required|array|each:exists,users,name'
Note that the each rule assumes your field is an array, so don't forget to use the array rule before as shown here.
Error Messages
Error messages will be automatically calculated by the singular form (using Laravel's str_singular() helper) of your field. In the previous example, the attribute is name.
Nested Arrays
This method works out of the box with nested arrays of any depth in dot notation. For example, this works:
'members.names' => 'required|array|each:exists,users,name'
Again, the attribute used for error messages here will be name.
Custom Rules
This method supports any of your custom rules out of the box.
Implementation
1. Extend the validator class
class ExtendedValidator extends Illuminate\Validation\Validator {
public function validateEach($attribute, $value, $parameters)
{
// Transform the each rule
// For example, `each:exists,users,name` becomes `exists:users,name`
$ruleName = array_shift($parameters);
$rule = $ruleName.(count($parameters) > 0 ? ':'.implode(',', $parameters) : '');
foreach ($value as $arrayKey => $arrayValue)
{
$this->validate($attribute.'.'.$arrayKey, $rule);
}
// Always return true, since the errors occur for individual elements.
return true;
}
protected function getAttribute($attribute)
{
// Get the second to last segment in singular form for arrays.
// For example, `group.names.0` becomes `name`.
if (str_contains($attribute, '.'))
{
$segments = explode('.', $attribute);
$attribute = str_singular($segments[count($segments) - 2]);
}
return parent::getAttribute($attribute);
}
}
2. Register your validator extension
Anywhere in your usual bootstrap locations, add the following code:
Validator::resolver(function($translator, $data, $rules, $messages)
{
return new ExtendedValidator($translator, $data, $rules, $messages);
});
And that's it! Enjoy!
Bonus: Size rules with arrays
As a comment pointed out, there's seems to be no easy way to validate array sizes. However, the Laravel documentation is lacking for size rules: it doesn't mention that it can count array elements. This means you're actually allowed to use size, min, max and between rules to count array elements.
It works best to extend the Validator class and re-use the existing Validator functions:
Validator::resolver(function($translator, $data, $rules, $messages)
{
return new Validation($translator, $data, $rules, $messages);
});
class Validation extends Illuminate\Validation\Validator {
/**
* Magically adds validation methods. Normally the Laravel Validation methods
* only support single values to be validated like 'numeric', 'alpha', etc.
* Here we copy those methods to work also for arrays, so we can validate
* if a value is OR an array contains only 'numeric', 'alpha', etc. values.
*
* $rules = array(
* 'row_id' => 'required|integerOrArray', // "row_id" must be an integer OR an array containing only integer values
* 'type' => 'inOrArray:foo,bar' // "type" must be 'foo' or 'bar' OR an array containing nothing but those values
* );
*
* #param string $method Name of the validation to perform e.g. 'numeric', 'alpha', etc.
* #param array $parameters Contains the value to be validated, as well as additional validation information e.g. min:?, max:?, etc.
*/
public function __call($method, $parameters)
{
// Convert method name to its non-array counterpart (e.g. validateNumericArray converts to validateNumeric)
if (substr($method, -7) === 'OrArray')
$method = substr($method, 0, -7);
// Call original method when we are dealing with a single value only, instead of an array
if (! is_array($parameters[1]))
return call_user_func_array(array($this, $method), $parameters);
$success = true;
foreach ($parameters[1] as $value) {
$parameters[1] = $value;
$success &= call_user_func_array(array($this, $method), $parameters);
}
return $success;
}
/**
* All ...OrArray validation functions can use their non-array error message counterparts
*
* #param mixed $attribute The value under validation
* #param string $rule Validation rule
*/
protected function getMessage($attribute, $rule)
{
if (substr($rule, -7) === 'OrArray')
$rule = substr($rule, 0, -7);
return parent::getMessage($attribute, $rule);
}
}
each()
It's not in the docs, but the 4.2 branch may have a simple solution around line 220.
Just like the sometimes($attribute, $rules, callable $callback) function, there is now an each($attribute, $rules) function.
To use it, the code would be something simpler than a sometimes() call:
$v->each('array_attribute',array('rule','anotherRule')); //$v is your validator
Caveats
sometimes() and each() don't seem to be easily chainable with each other so if you want to do specifically conditioned rules on array values, you're better off with the magic solutions in other answers for now.
each() only goes one level deep which isn't that different from other solutions. The nice thing about the magic solutions is that they will go 0 or 1 level deep as needed by calling the base rules as appropriate so I suppose if you wanted to go 1 to 2 levels deep, you could simply merge the two approaches by calling each() and passing it a magic rule from the other answers.
each() only takes one attribute, not an array of attributes as sometimes() does, but adding this feature to each() wouldn't be a massive change to the each() function - just loop through the $attribute and array_merge() $data and the array_get() result. Someone can make it a pull request on master if they see it as desirable and it hasn't already been done and we can see if it makes it into a future build.
Here's an update to the code of Ronald, because my custom rules wouldn't work with the array extension. Tested with Laravel 4.1, default rules, extended rules, …
public function __call($method, $parameters) {
$isArrayRule = FALSE;
if(substr($method, -5) === 'Array') {
$method = substr($method, 0, -5);
$isArrayRule = TRUE;
}
//
$rule = snake_case(substr($method, 8));
// Default or custom rule
if(!$isArrayRule) {
// And we have a default value (not an array)
if(!is_array($parameters[1])) {
// Try getting the custom validation rule
if(isset($this->extensions[$rule])) {
return $this->callExtension($rule, $parameters);
}
// None found
throw new \BadMethodCallException("Method [$method] does not exist.");
} // Array given for default rule; cannot be!
else return FALSE;
}
// Array rules
$success = TRUE;
foreach($parameters[1] as $value) {
$parameters[1] = $value;
// Default rule exists, use it
if(is_callable("parent::$method")) {
$success &= call_user_func_array(array($this, $method), $parameters);
} else {
// Try a custom rule
if(isset($this->extensions[$rule])) {
$success &= $this->callExtension($rule, $parameters);
}
// No custom rule found
throw new \BadMethodCallException("Method [$method] does not exist.");
}
}
// Did any of them (array rules) fail?
return $success;
}
There are now array validation rules in case this helps anybody. It doesn't appear that these have been written up in the docs yet.
https://github.com/laravel/laravel/commit/6a2ad475cfb21d12936cbbb544d8a136fc73be97