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I'll-Be-Back
I'll-Be-Back

Reputation: 10828

Laravel Validation with checkbox

If use_shipping is un-checked and user did not enter the value in the shipping_note - validation should have passed but it has failed?

<input type="hidden" name="use_shipping" value="0">
<input type="checkbox" name="use_shipping" value="1" {{ old('use_shipping', $delivery->use_shipping) ? 'checked="checked"' : '' }}>

Text

<input type="text" name="shipping_note" value="">

In Laravel request class:

public function rules()
{

    return [
        'use_shipping'  => 'boolean',
        'shipping_note' => 'required_with:use_shipping',
    ];
}

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6446

Answers (1)

patricus
patricus

Reputation: 62268

The required_with validation states:

The field under validation must be present and not empty only if any of the other specified fields are present.

Because of your hidden input, the shipping_note field will always be present. Since the field is present even when the checkbox is unchecked, the required_with validation will always be triggered.

Most likely what you're looking for is the required_if validation, which states:

required_if:anotherfield,value,...

The field under validation must be present and not empty if the anotherfield field is equal to any value.

public function rules()
{
    return [
        'use_shipping'  => 'boolean',
        'shipping_note' => 'required_if:use_shipping,1',
    ];
}

This should cause shipping_note to only be required when the value of use_shipping is 1, which should only happen when the checkbox is checked.

Upvotes: 5

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