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Donny Akhmad Septa Utama
Donny Akhmad Septa Utama

Reputation: 823

Required_if laravel with multiple value

I have a dropdown menu like this:

<select name="selection">
   <option value="1">Option 1</option>
   <option value="2">Option 2</option>
   <option value="3">Option 3</option>
</select>
<input type="text" name="stext">

I want the following in laravel:

public static myfunction(){
   $input = \Input::only('selection','stext');
   $rule = array(
      'selection' => 'required',
      'stext' => 'required_if:selection,2,3',
   );
   $validate = \Validator::make($input,$rule);
}

But if I select option 1, stext is still required. Why? How can I fix it?

Upvotes: 54

Views: 84772

Answers (5)

user3598565
user3598565

Reputation: 101

You can always use the Rule class to override the default behavior. This should work in case of multiple values:

use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
..................    
'stext' => Rule::requiredIf(function ()  {
                return in_array(request()->selection,[2,3]);
            }),

Upvotes: 0

Shyam Achuthan
Shyam Achuthan

Reputation: 950

You can go ahead with sometimes validation for laravel. you can define a custom closure as in the below example

public static myfunction(){
   $input = \Input::only('selection','stext');
   $rule = array(
      'selection' => 'required'
   );
   $validate = \Validator::make($input,$rule);
$validator->sometimes('stext', 'required', function($input){
    return (($input->selection == 1) || ($input->selection == 2));
});
}

Upvotes: 1

RDev
RDev

Reputation: 1281

EDIT: As pointed out by LePhleg answer, there is a nicest syntax for this validation:

$rule = array(
  'selection' => 'required',
  'stext' => 'required_if:selection,2,3,
);

Old answer below:

I think that the require_if validation accept only one value per time. Try to change your validation code as below:

$rule = array(
  'selection' => 'required',
  'stext' => 'required_if:selection,2|required_if:selection,3',
);

EDIT: Check LePhleg answer, is more cleaner. At the time of the answer that was not possible, just check the question, he was using the same method but not worked.

Upvotes: 73

Jignesh Joisar
Jignesh Joisar

Reputation: 15115

try this one

if single match value then used like that

'stext'     => 'required_if:selection,2'

if you have multiple value then used like that (separated by comma)

'stext'     => 'required_if:selection,2,3'

for more information see documentation required_if

Upvotes: 5

lephleg
lephleg

Reputation: 1764

You just have to pass all the values as parameters separated by comma:

$rules = array(
      'selection' => 'required',
      'stext'     => 'required_if:selection,2,3'
);

Upvotes: 79

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