Laravel 5.7.15 Released

Laravel 5.7.15 is available with a new validation rule and Eloquent relationship getters — first, the starts_with validation rule which allows you to check that an input starts with a string.

$request->validate([
    'greeting' => 'starts_with:hello',
]);

You can also pass multiple strings, in which the rule will pass if at least one matches the input:

$request->validate([
    'greeting' => 'starts_with:hello,hola',
]);

Next, the date_equals validation rule is now translatable, and you should update your resources/lang/en/validation.php file with the following:

'date_equals' => 'The :attribute must be a date equal to :date.',

You can see the pull request to laravel/laravel for the new translation key.

New relationship getters are available in this release including:

• BelongsToMany::getParentKeyName
• BelongsToMany::getRelatedKeyName
• HasManyThrough::getFirstKeyName
• HasManyThrough::getForeignKeyName
• HasManyThrough::getSecondLocalKeyName
• HasOneOrMany::getLocalKeyName
• MorphToMany::getInverse

You can see the full diff between 5.7.14 and 5.7.15 on GitHub, and the full release notes below from the 5.7 changelog:

v5.7.15

Added

• Added date_equals validation message (#26584)
• Added starts_with validation rule (#26612)
• Added relationship getters BelongsToMany::getParentKeyName, BelongsToMany::getRelatedKeyName, HasManyThrough::getFirstKeyName, HasManyThrough::getForeignKeyName, HasManyThrough::getSecondLocalKeyName, HasOneOrMany::getLocalKeyName, MorphToMany::getInverse (#26607)
• Make ResourceCollection countable (#26595)

Fixed

• Fixed duplicate validation issue in FormRequest::validated method (#26604)
• Prevent breaking eager loading with string keys (#26622)