How add Custom Validation Rules when using Form Request Validation in Laravel 5

Question

I am using form request validation method for validating request in laravel 5.I would like to add my own validation rule with form request validation method.My request class is given below.I want to add custom validation numeric_array with field items.

  protected $rules = [
      'shipping_country' => ['max:60'],
      'items' => ['array|numericarray']
];

My cusotom function is given below

 Validator::extend('numericarray', function($attribute, $value, $parameters) {
            foreach ($value as $v) {
                if (!is_int($v)) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        });

How can use this validation method with about form request validation in laravel5?

Answer 1

While the above answer is correct, in a lot of cases you might want to create a custom validation only for a certain form request. You can leverage laravel FormRequest and use dependency injection to extend the validation factory. I think this solution is much simpler than creating a service provider.

Here is how it can be done.

use Illuminate\Validation\Factory as ValidationFactory;

class UpdateMyUserRequest extends FormRequest {

    public function __construct(ValidationFactory $validationFactory)
    {

        $validationFactory->extend(
            'foo',
            function ($attribute, $value, $parameters) {
                return 'foo' === $value;
            },
            'Sorry, it failed foo validation!'
        );

    }

    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'username' => 'foo',
        ];
    }
}