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Sigal Zahavi
Sigal Zahavi

Reputation: 1073

Laravel 5 custom validation if a file was not uploaded

I am trying to create a custom validation to check if a file was uploaded in a form.

I looked at the custom errors docs but couldn't make it work.

I found this tutorial: Custom Error

In my controller I do this:

if($request->hasFile('file'))
        $has_file = 1;
    else
        $has_file = 0;

 $this->validate($request, ['file' => 'isuploaded']);

In App/ServiceProvider I added this:

Validator::extend('isuploaded', function($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) {
        return ?;
    });

What should I return here? How do I send the $has_file to the validator?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 604

Answers (1)

Christian Giupponi
Christian Giupponi

Reputation: 7618

If the file field is required the validate will check it for you.

Assuming that your form file input has name="file", just:

$this->validate($request, [
    'file' => 'required
]);

In this way if there is no file the validation will fail.

If this is not your case and you want to create the custom rules in Validator::extend you should write your own business logic to check if the file exists and just return true/false.

Upvotes: 1

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