Laravel Validation Cheat Sheet

Validation Cheat Sheet

Validation is the validator helper in Laravel and is crucial for data validation.

Code Examples

Validator::make(
    array('key' => 'Foo'),
    array('key' => 'required|in:Foo')
);

Validator::extend('foo', function($attribute, $value, $params) {
    // custom rule logic
});

Validator::extend('foo', 'FooValidator@validate');

Validator::resolver(function($translator, $data, $rules, $msgs) {
    return new FooValidator($translator, $data, $rules, $msgs);
});

Common Validation Rules

accepted
active_url
after:YYYY-MM-DD
before:YYYY-MM-DD
alpha
alpha_dash
alpha_num
array
between:1,10
confirmed
date
date_format:YYYY-MM-DD
different:fieldname
digits:value
digits_between:min,max
boolean
email
exists:table,column
image
in:foo,bar,...
not_in:foo,bar,...
integer
numeric
ip
max:value
min:value
mimes:jpeg,png
regex:[0-9]
required
required_if:field,value
required_with:foo,bar,...
required_with_all:foo,bar,...
required_without:foo,bar,...
required_without_all:foo,bar,...
same:field
size:value
timezone
unique:table,column,except,idColumn
url

Motivational Note

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