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If there a way to check whether or not the validator failed specifically because of the unique rule?
$rules = array(
'email_address' => 'required|email|unique:users,email',
'postal_code' => 'required|alpha_num',
);
$messages = array(
'required' => 'The :attribute field is required',
'email' => 'The :attribute field is required',
'alpha_num' => 'The :attribute field must only be letters and numbers (no spaces)'
);
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules, $messages);
if ($validator->fails()) {
In laymans terms, I basically want to know: "did the validation fail because the email_address was not unique?"
790
Validation errors typically occur when a request is malformed -- usually because a field has not been given the correct value type, or the JSON is misformatted.
The validate method accepts an incoming HTTP request and a set of validation rules. If the validation rules pass, your code will keep executing normally; however, if validation fails, an exception will be thrown and the proper error response will automatically be sent back to the user.
confirmed. The field under validation must have a matching field of foo_confirmation . For example, if the field under validation is password , a matching password_confirmation field must be present in the input.
Check for a specific rule within the returned array of failed rules
if ($validator->fails()) {
$failedRules = $validator->failed();
if(isset($failedRules['email_address']['Unique'])) {
...
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