Validation

Forg.js is a Lightweight JavaScript Object Validator

Forg is a lightweight JavaScript object validator by @oussamahamdaoui that simplifies complex validation rules on the frontend.

Laravel 5.5 Custom Validation Rule Objects

Laravel 5.5 will introduce support for custom validation rule objects as an alternative to using Validator::extend.

Laravel 5.5. Custom Validator Rules

A new feature coming to Laravel 5.5 is a new feature for adding custom validation rules and Taylor has a written up a quick tutorial on it.

Laravel 5.5 Returns the Request Data from the Validator

A new feature coming to Laravel 5.5 is the Validation will now return the request data so you have everything you need.

Learn how to change Laravel’s login validation

Laravel’s included auth system is a great way of scaffolding out a basic flow for authenticating users through a complete registration, login, logout, and forgot password system. When it’s all setup the login and password reset validation is stored in an AuthenticatesUsers and ResetsPasswords trait. Even though it’s a little hidden away it’s still easy …

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Improvements to the Laravel unique and exists validation rules

Validating requests in Laravel is simple with its ValidatesRequests trait that is automatically included through the BaseController. It’s powerful and provides a lot of useful rules for common use cases. Two rules, exists() and unique(), are used to validate against data stored in your database and they’ve always had a format like this: // exists …

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How to validate an array of form inputs

Over on my personal blog I wrote a tutorial on using the new Laravel 5 Form Requests to validate an array of form inputs. It’s a common problem with a simple solution that Laravel makes very easy to implement.