I initially had fields first_name
, last_name
, password
, email
as the fields in my sign up form. I need to add an option for signing up as a business.
My initial validation rules:
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'first_name' => 'required|max:255',
'last_name' => 'required|max:255',
'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
]);
}
I need to add a business_name
field. I need the validation to be:
first_name
and last_name
are required xor business_name
is required.
How can I do this in Laravel 5.2? I was looking at the sometimes
rule - but I'm not sure if that is how this should be done.
edit:
I suppose it could almost be accomplished via:
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'first_name' => 'sometimes|max:255',
'last_name' => 'sometimes|max:255',
'business_name'=>'sometimes|max:255',
'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users',
'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
]);
}
Although from my understanding of the sometimes
rule, it will only validate if the key is present in the input array, therefore first_name
could be present, and last_name
could be non-existent which would would still validate as a "pass". This isn't the behavior that I'd like.