Check if validation failed in laravel

Question

I would like to know when a validation failed by using this kind of code writing (I'm using laravel 5.4)

$this->validate($request, [
    'name' => 'required|min:2|max:255'
]);

I know that I can use this:

$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
    'name' => 'required|min:2|max:255'
]);

if ($validator->fails()) { //Not okay }

But I would like to keep this way of validating by using $this->validate instead of using the Validator model.

So ... is it possible to use something like:

//This is not working btw

$test = $this->validate($request, [
    'name' => 'required|min:2|max:255'
]);

if( $test )
{ //Ok }
else
{ //Not okay };

Answer 1

You can use it like this:

$request->validate($rules);

or

$request->validate([
    'name' => 'required|min:2|max:255'
]);

Then it returns the errors.

$test = $request->validate([
           'name' => 'required|min:2|max:255'
        ]);

and you need to check if there are no errors and then you can do what ever you want.

In your case you need to do it like this:

$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
    'name' => 'required|min:2|max:255'
]);

if ($validator->fails()) {
    return view('view_name');
} else {
    return view('view_name');
}