Laravel max Validator not working

Question

I'm new to Laravel.

Could someone explain why max validator doesn't work as I expected in this case?

$input = ["schoolSeatsTotal" => '2000'];
$rules = ['schoolSeatsTotal'=>'max:300'];
$validator = Validator::make($input, $rules);
$validator->fails(); //Expected: true, Actual: false. 

Answer 1

You have schoolSeatsTotal as a string. For string data, max value corresponds to the number of characters. You want to validate an integer instead.

So change

$input = ["schoolSeatsTotal" => '2000'];

to

$input = ["schoolSeatsTotal" => 2000];

To make sure you are validating numbers - do this:

$rules = ['schoolSeatsTotal'=>'numeric|max:300'];