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I use form request to validate data from forms($request->url attribute).However in one of my middleware for another route , i want to execute validation again.If i set a value for $request->url , how can i call the form request again.I want to eliminate code duplication here as the form request already contain the form validation that i need
If I understand correctly, you just need to make a FormRequest class to handle your validation:
https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/validation#form-request-validation
Place all your validation into a FormRequest class, and then for each route you require it, just typehint it within the corresponding controller's method. The validation will automatically be ran.
public method store(\App\Http\Requests\MyRequest $request)
{
// This code will not execute if validation fails
}
I think he is asking about to validate the request in the middleware itself.
In middleware you can try this
if ($request->url) {
// do stuff
}
Or this could also work, since $request is an instance of \Illuminate\Http\Request
$request->validate([
"url" => "validation rules here"
]);
This has worked for me on Laravel 8:
$request = MyFormRequest::createFromGlobals();
$request->setContainer(app(Container::class));
$request->setRedirector(app(Redirector::class));
$request->validateResolved();
People should not be calling form requests from middleware. Completely defeats the purpose of both middleware and form requests.
@martinbean While I agree with you, the response is not constructive.
Correct me if I'm wrong; FormRequest should be used when validating input data ( Whether it's user input or otherwise ) and Middleware for other things such as headers or other validation logic that touch more than a single type of resource. ( IE: Covering an entire route group for an external API call with a JWT token third-party scope validation )
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