Level 75
Oct 30, 2025
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Level 6
Validations & Custom Rule
Is there a way to prevent the Custom Rule from running when the prior rules failed?
$userInput = [
'offset' => [
'a' => "abcd",
'b' => "abcd,
],
'photo' => $file
];
in FormRequest
//...
['photo' => ['image']],
['offset' => ['bail', 'array:x,y', new OffsetCheck($this->photo)]],
['offset.*' => ['numeric'],
OffsetCheck uses the values of x and y but got a and b so it should throw an error and stop before going to the custom rule but I still get Undefined array key "x" from OffsetCheck. Do I need to repeat the set of validations inside the custom rule?
Level 6
I just want to be specific. That would also accept arrays with other keys as long as x,y exists
Level 31
Is OffsetCheck a custom rule class with implements DataAwareRule, ValidationRule? Is it in App\Rules namespace? Can you show the code?
It seems wrong you create an object and pass some data in constructor; custom rule object should get request data internally with setData() method: https://laravel.com/docs/12.x/validation#using-rule-objects (see Accessing additional data)
With new OffsetCheck($data) you force in-class logic to execute immediately, while it should be applied or not applied conditionally by validator.
Level 6
Oh yeah, I refactored it to use setData and DataAwareRule
//OffsetCheck
public function validate(string $attribute, mixed $value, Closure $fail): void {
[$w, $h] = getimagesize($this->data['photo']);
if($this->data['offset']['x'] > $w || $this->data['offset']['y'] > $h) {
$fail('Offset invalid');
}
}
'offset' => ['bail', 'array:x,y', new OffsetCheck],
But it still giving me Undefined array key "x" when it should stop on the array:x,y since it has a bail and it failed the validation.
Level 31
Try this:
'offset' => ['bail', 'array', 'size:2', 'required_array_keys:x,y', new OffsetCheck],
For unknown reason array:x,y rule gives me strange error "field must be array" (which it definitely is) while simple array is fine.
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Level 6
Yeah that's what array:keys throws when it is invalid.
I just combined those two
['offset' => ['bail', 'array:x,y', 'required_array_keys:x,y', new OffsetCheck]],
Level 31
So your problem is solved?
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