Method validate does not exist - Laravel 5.4

Question

I have a very weird problem. When I'm submitting the form, it throws an error with server-side validation.

Here is my simple controller:

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Newsletter;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class SubscriptionController extends Controller
{
    public function subscribe(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'email' => 'required|email',
            ]);
    }
}

Submitting the form gives me:

BadMethodCallException Method validate does not exist.

it should work according to:

https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/validation

The linked page does not have any mention of a `$request->validate` . it has multiple mentions of `$this->validate($request,...)` though — apokryfos, Aug 21 '17 at 11:25

score 45 · Accepted Answer · edited Aug 21 '17 at 11:53

45

In docs said:

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

This string - works :)

edited Aug 21 '17 at 11:53

linktoahref

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answered Aug 21 '17 at 11:08

arku

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Works for Lumen too. – Ostap Brehin Jun 11 '20 at 20:14
Works inside a Controller too. – James Bond Jan 29 '23 at 15:02

score 8 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 29 '19 at 10:12

8

You should try this:

$validateFields = array('email' => 'required|email');

$this->validate($request, $validateFields);

OR

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

edited Jun 29 '19 at 10:12

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answered Aug 21 '17 at 11:12

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score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 21 '17 at 11:09

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Well means its no longer available in 5.4 however its available in controller

Try:

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

answered Aug 21 '17 at 11:09

Emeka Mbah

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Vijay Trada · Answer 4 · 2018-07-18T18:05:27.737

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        $validator = \Validator::make($request->all(), [
            'mobile_number' => 'required',]);

        if ($validator->fails()) {
            return redirect()->back()
            ->withErrors($validator)
            ->withInput();
        }

Hope this works for you..

edited Jul 18 '18 at 18:05

answered Aug 21 '17 at 11:20

Vijay Trada

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score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Aug 21 '17 at 12:44

You can use the Validator service provider.

     namespace App\Http\Controllers;

     use Newsletter;
     use Illuminate\Http\Request;
     use Validator;

     class SubscriptionController extends Controller
     {
          public function subscribe(Request $request)
          {
                   $request->validate($request->all(),[
                     'email' => 'required|email',
                  ]);
           }

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Feb 14 '18 at 18:54

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Actually If you add the right controller, validate method should be already included. You can try adding below controller.

Instead: use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;

answered Feb 14 '18 at 18:54

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score 1 · Answer 7 · edited Apr 22 '21 at 09:39

Add validator service and clear cache after making changes

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;

class RecaptchaController extends Controller
{
    public function store(Request $request) {
        $this->validate($request,[
            'name' => 'required',
            'email' => 'required|email',
            'phone' => 'required|min:10',
            'g-recaptcha-response' => 'required|captcha'
        ]);

        return "success";
    }
}

You can clear cache with the below artisan command on your terminal. Note: remember to check the directory you run the command.

php artisan cache:clear

score 0 · Answer 8 · answered Mar 07 '21 at 13:10

You can use regex pattern of this email validation.

protected function validator(array $data)
{
    $messages = array('email.regex' => 'Your email id is not valid.');
    return Validator::make($data, [
        'email' => 'required|email|max:255|regex:/(.*)@myemail\.com/i|unique:users',
     ],$messages);
}

Asad Ullah · Answer 9 · 2021-01-17T13:42:28.880

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let's add these two packages Best of luck

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator; use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;

edited Jan 17 '21 at 13:42

answered Feb 03 '18 at 06:19

Asad Ullah

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Please refrain your will to post an untested answer. – Luciano Bargmann Oct 02 '19 at 12:45

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