Laravel 5 - Validate Multiple Request

Question

is it possible, in Laravel 5, to validate multiple Requests in order to insert related models after a form submission?
I know how to validate multiple Model by using Validators but I want to do it with the Request Class.

Laravel 4 :

$validateUser = Validator::make(Input::all(), User::$rules);
$validateRole = Validator::make(Input::all(), Role::$rules);

if ($validateUser->fails() || $validateRole->fails()){
    $validationMessages = array_merge_recursive(
        $validateUser->messages()->toArray(),
        $validateRole->messages()->toArray()
    );
}

Laravel 5 :

Request one

class CreateUserRequest extends Request {

    public function rules()
    {
        //
    }
}

Request two

class CreateRoleRequest extends Request {

    public function rules()
    {
        //
    }
}

Controller Model call :

public function store(CreateUserRequest $request, CreateRoleRequest $request2)
{
    //
}

How can I validate the User input values and the Role input values using the Request approach? (and have a specific feedback if validation fails)

Answer 1

First, using multiple form request classes works perfectly fine.

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Now of course you can't just have two forms in one. However what you can do to separate your data, is to use the array syntax for field names:

<input type="text" name="user[name]" />
<!-- and later -->
<input type="text" name="role[name]" />

In your validation rules you can then use the dot syntax to reference either the user name or the role name:

public function rules(){
    return [
        'role.name' => 'required'
    ];
}

And for creating the two models, just use this to get all the attributes for user and role:

$request->input('user'); // returns an array like ['name' => 'foo', 'other-user-field' => 'bar']
$request->input('role'); // returns an array like ['name' => 'baz', 'other-role-field' => 'boom']