Laravel Validation custom message

Question

I am facing a problem with laravel custom validation message, here is what I have:

$rules = [
    'first_name'            => 'required|alpha|min:2',
    'last_name'             => 'required|alpha|min:2',
    'email'                 => 'required|email|unique:users,email,' . Input::get('id') . ',id',
    'password'              => 'alpha_num|between:6,12|confirmed',
    'password_confirmation' => 'alpha_num|between:6,12',
    'address'               => 'regex:/^[a-z0-9- ]+$/i|min:2',
    'city'                  => 'alpha|min:2',
    'state'                 => 'alpha|min:2|max:2',
    'zip'                   => 'numeric|min:5|max:5',
    'phone'                 => 'regex:/^\d{3}\-\d{3}\-\d{4}$/',
];
$messages = [
    'unique' => 'The :attribute already been registered.',
    'regex'  => 'The :attribute number has to be formated : xxx-xxx-xxxx.',
];

Now if there is a problem with the address or the phone number since both have regex validation rule , the error message will be : The :attribute number has to be formated : xxx-xxx-xxxx, How could I have custom message for each different one ??

possible duplicate of [How to specify the default error message when extending the Validation class in Laravel 4](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17647044/how-to-specify-the-default-error-message-when-extending-the-validation-class-in) — Tomasz Kowalczyk, Apr 16 '14 at 19:04
If you solved this, please answer your question to benefit future SO users. — Tomasz Kowalczyk, Apr 16 '14 at 19:07
$messages = array( 'unique' => 'The :attribute already been registered.','phone.regex' => 'The :attribute number is invalid , accepted format: xxx-xxx-xxxx','address.regex' => 'The :attribute format is invalid.',); — user3150060, Apr 16 '14 at 19:08

score 20 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 27 '17 at 19:10

Here is the way to do it , just instead of using 'regex' , use 'phone.regex'

$rules = [
    'first_name'            => 'required|alpha|min:2',
    'last_name'             => 'required|alpha|min:2',
    'email'                 => 'required|email|unique:users,email,' . Input::get('id') . ',id',
    'password'              => 'alpha_num|between:6,12|confirmed',
    'password_confirmation' => 'alpha_num|between:6,12',
    'address'               => 'regex:/^[a-z0-9- ]+$/i|min:2',
    'city'                  => 'alpha|min:2',
    'state'                 => 'alpha|min:2|max:2',
    'zip'                   => 'numeric|min:5|max:5',
    'phone'                 => 'regex:/^\d{3}\-\d{3}\-\d{4}$/',
];
$messages = [
    'unique'        => 'The :attribute already been registered.',
    'phone.regex'   => 'The :attribute number is invalid , accepted format: xxx-xxx-xxxx',
    'address.regex' => 'The :attribute format is invalid.',
];

didn't know it until today :) i have also removed an extra array closing-a syntax error :) — Sajad Karuthedath, Feb 26 '15 at 05:26

Laravel Validation custom message

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