Is it possible to validate string OR number?

https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/validation#rule-regex

'field' => 'regex:/^[a-z0-9\s]+$/i',

// or

'field' => 'regex:/^[a-z0-9\s]*$/i',

Use + (first version) for one or more, and the * (second) for zero or more.

Also note that \s is any white space character. If you want only space then

'field' => 'regex:/^[a-z0-9 ]+$/i',

// or

'field' => 'regex:/^[a-z0-9 ]*$/i',

i at the end of regex is for case insensitive. So remove it if you want to make it case sensitive.

@fylzero

try this one

$rules = array(
        'username'             => 'required|alpha_num',
    );

Thanks for the responses, I actually wound up not needing this but went for this approach at first...

$rules = [
    'thing1' => 'required'
];

if (gettype(request()->thing2 === 'numeric')) {
    $rules['thing2'] => 'numeric';
} else {
    $rules['thing2'] => 'string';
}

return $rules;

@fylzero

Super ugly.

$rules = [
    'string' => ''
    'numeric' => ''
];

return $rules[gettype($request->thing2)];

That can even be inlined.