How to validate without request in Laravel

Question

I need to validate an array but without a request. In laravel docs validation is described like this:

$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
    'title' => 'required|unique:posts|max:255',
    'body' => 'required',
]);

But I can't use $request because the data comes from an external api and the validation is not inside a controller. How can I validate this array? For example:

$validatedData = validate([
    'id' => 1,
    'body' => 'text'
], [
    'id' => 'required',
    'body' => 'required'
]);

score 15 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 22 '22 at 10:42

15

Should be. Because $request->all() hold all input data as an array .

$input = [
    'title' => 'testTitle',
    'body' => 'text'
];

$input is your custom array.

$validator = Validator::make($input, [
    'title' => 'required|unique:posts|max:255',
    'body' => 'required',
]);

edited Jun 22 '22 at 10:42

Erenor Paz

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answered Apr 14 '18 at 01:47

Ariel Pepito

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score 15 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 14 '18 at 07:47

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Validator::make expects array and not a request object. You can pass any array and implements the rules on it.

Validator::make(['name' => 'Tom'], ['name' => 'required', 'id' => 'required']);

And it will validate the array. So $request object is not necessary.

answered Apr 14 '18 at 07:47

Muhammad Nauman

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Great answer! Sad to see people usig hacks to "fix" their code. – Luciano Bargmann Dec 19 '19 at 13:18
This should be the true answer – Anas Bakro Apr 04 '21 at 08:30

score 12 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 14 '18 at 02:10

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You can achieve this by create request object like so:

$request = new Request([
    'id' => 1,
    'body' => 'text'
]);

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

and thus you will get all the functionality of the Request class

answered Apr 14 '18 at 02:10

Amr Aly

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You don't need request object to validate Array. – Muhammad Nauman Jul 28 '20 at 10:45
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At least in Lumen, it must be a Request object. `Laravel\\Lumen\\Routing\\Controller::validate(): Argument #1 ($request) must be of type Illuminate\\Http\\Request, array given` – Joseph8th Jul 02 '21 at 20:10

score 4 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 07 '19 at 00:55

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$request->all() is array not request object. This code will work:

$data = [
    'id' => 1,
    'body' => 'text'
];

$validator = Validator::make($data, [
    'id' => 'required',
    'body' => 'required',
]);

answered Jan 07 '19 at 00:55

Anas K

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Jul 27 '18 at 12:01

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You can also merge data with the request object:

$data = ['id' => 1];
$request->merge($data);

Then validate as per usual.

answered Jul 27 '18 at 12:01

omarjebari

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How to validate without request in Laravel

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