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Validation is the most important aspect while designing an application. It validates the incoming data. By default, base controller class uses a ValidatesRequests trait which provides a convenient method to validate incoming HTTP requests with a variety of powerful validation rules.

Available Validation Rules in Laravel

Laravel will always check for errors in the session data, and automatically bind them to the view if they are available. So, it is important to note that a $errors variable will always be available in all of your views on every request, allowing you to conveniently assume the $errors variable is always defined and can be safely used. The following table shows all available validation rules in Laravel.

The $errors variable will be an instance of IlluminateSupportMessageBag. Error message can be displayed in view file by adding the code as shown below.

@if (count($errors) > 0)
   <div class = "alert alert-danger">
      <ul>
         @foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
            <li>{{ $error }}</li>
         @endforeach
      </ul>
   </div>
@endif

Example

Step 1 − Create a controller called ValidationController by executing the following command.

php artisan make:controller ValidationController --plain

Step 2 − After successful execution, you will receive the following output −

Step 3 − Copy the following code in

app/Http/Controllers/ValidationController.php file.

app/Http/Controllers/ValidationController.php

<?php

namespace AppHttpControllers;

use IlluminateHttpRequest;

Step 4 − Create a view file called resources/views/login.blade.php and copy the following code in that file.

resources/views/login.blade.php

Step 5 − Add the following lines in app/Http/routes.php.

app/Http/routes.php

Step 6 − Visit the following URL to test the validation.

http://localhost:8000/validation

Step 7 − Click the “Login” button without entering anything in the text field. The output will be as shown in the following image.