Workflows and Rule Requirements

@mprythero Not completely following what you’re imagining but sometimes you just have to start writing some code. Or at least the steps. Do you have something to share here?

@mprythero Symfony has a workflow component that you can use in Laravel projects: https://symfony.com/doc/current/components/workflow.html

I’ve used it myself on a couple of Laravel-based projects where I wanted a workflow strongly enforcing, particularly order lifecycles in e-commerce projects.

@martinbean - I will look into it and see if and how I can best utilize it, I do appreciate the suggestion!

As for @webrobert - Some of my test code is below, I honestly don't know where I am going with it at this point...

public function canComplete(){
    $parent = $this->workflowable()->first();

    if($this->wf_template_id == 3 || $this->wf_template_id == 1){
        if(!$parent->address_id){ // Field of parent must be filled
            return ['response'=>false, 'message'=>'Address must be standardized prior to completion'];
        }else{
            return ['response'=>true];
        }
    }else if($this->wf_template_id == 2){
        if(!$parent->attachments()->where('type_id', 8)){
            return ['response'=>false, 'message'=>'Attachments must have scanned image of completed transfer documentation'];
        }else{
            return ['response'=>true];
        }
    }
}

I am not sure how best to set individual rules for each workflow step, or how to best complete the responses along with trues or falses.

I'd appreciate any suggestions you might have. Like I said, at this point I am just trying to test waters because I don't quite know where I am going with this.

Thanks!

you ever found a cleaner way to handle rule conditions that depend on workflow stages?? I'm currently trying to keep my validation logic clean while adapting to changes in the business flow, and it’s starting to feel like my form requests are getting messy. Curious how others are approaching this now.