Laravel 5 Multiple form validation rules - laravel-5

Question

So i have three forms on one page. One is to change user's picture, another one is to update personal informations, and the last form is to set a new password.
My issue here is that i'm getting validation errors on the password and password confirmation fields even though i'm trying to update some information (second form).
I have created two requests:
UserEditRequest:
class UserEditRequest extends Request
{
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
public function rules()
{
return [
'firstname' => 'required',
'lastname' => 'required'
];
}
}
UserUpdatePasswordRequest:
class UserUpdatePasswordRequest extends Request
{
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
public function rules()
{
return [
'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6',
'password_confirmation' => 'required|min:6',
];
}
}
within UserController updatePassword:
public function updatePassword(UserUpdatePasswordRequest $request, $id)
{
$user = User::findOrFail($id);
$user->password = bcrypt($request->get('password'));
$user->save();
return redirect()->route('user.edit',$id)->with('success','Password changed.');
}
postEdit where I handle the personal details and avatar changes:
public function postEdit(UserEditRequest $request, $id)
{
dd($request->all());
$user = User::findOrFail($id);
if($request->get('avatar'))
{
$destinationPath = public_path() . '/avatars/' . $user->id . '/';
$fileName = $user->id . '.' . $request->file('avatar')->getClientOriginalExtension();
$request->file('avatar')->move($destinationPath, $fileName);
$user->avatar = 'avatars/' . $user->id . '/' . $fileName;
$user->save();
return redirect()->route('user.edit',$id)->with('success','User avatar modified.');
}
$user->fill($request->input())->save();
return redirect()->route('user.edit',$id)->with('success','User details modified.');
}
quicky my routes:
Route::group(['prefix' => 'user', 'as' => 'user.'], function () {
Route::get('profile/{userid}', ['as' => 'edit', 'uses' => 'UserController#getEdit']);
Route::post('profile/{userid}', ['as' => 'edit', 'uses' => 'UserController#postEdit']);
Route::post('profile/{userid}', ['as' => 'updatepassword', 'uses' => 'UserController#updatePassword']);
});
});

Answer 1

Try to differentiate your routes for the postEdit and the updatePassword controller actions
Route::post('profile/{userid}', ['as'=>'edit', 'uses'=>'UserController#postEdit']);
Route::post('profile/password/{userid}', ['as'=>updatepassword', 'uses'=>'UserController#updatePassword']);
Using the same route for two different controller actions won't work. What I mean is how do you expect the router to determine which controller action to invoke when the form action='/profile/id' method='post' ? Hence you need to differentiate the routes.
Hope you got it.