Laravel - Validation - Skipping Validation When Fields Have Certain Values
You may occasionally wish to not validate a given field if another field has a given value. You may accomplish this using the exclude_if
validation rule. In this example, the appointment_date
and doctor_name
fields will not be validated if the has_appointment
field has a value of false
:
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
$validator = Validator::make($data, [
'has_appointment' => 'required|boolean',
'appointment_date' => 'exclude_if:has_appointment,false|required|date',
'doctor_name' => 'exclude_if:has_appointment,false|required|string',
]);
Alternatively, you may use the exclude_unless
rule to not validate a given field unless another field has a given value:
$validator = Validator::make($data, [
'has_appointment' => 'required|boolean',
'appointment_date' => 'exclude_unless:has_appointment,true|required|date',
'doctor_name' => 'exclude_unless:has_appointment,true|required|string',
]);