Custom Laravel validation messages

Question

I'm trying to create customized messages for validation in Laravel 5. Here is what I have tried so far:

$messages = [
    'required'  => 'Harap bagian :attribute di isi.',
    'unique'    => ':attribute sudah digunakan',
];
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
    'username' => array('required','unique:Userlogin,username'),
    'password' => 'required',
    'email'    => array('required','unique:Userlogin,email'),$messages
]);

if ($validator->fails()) { 
    return redirect('/')
        ->withErrors($validator) // send back all errors to the login form
        ->withInput();
} else {
    return redirect('/')
        ->with('status', 'Kami sudah mengirimkan email, silahkan di konfirmasi');   
}   

But it's not working. The message is still the same as the default one. How can I fix this, so that I can use my custom messages?

Answer 1

Laravel 5.7.*

Also You can try something like this. For me is the easiest way to make custom messages in methods when you want to validate requests:

public function store()
{
    request()->validate([
        'file' => 'required',
        'type' => 'required'
    ],
    [
        'file.required' => 'You have to choose the file!',
        'type.required' => 'You have to choose type of the file!'
    ]);
}