How to validate a date field if only user fill that form in laravel ?

i'm a new comer in laravel i tried to validate a date field only if user fill that form. so on the server side i checked in this way 'date_of_birth'=>'sometimes|required|date|date_format:Y-m-d' but if user leaves it blank it shows "The date of birth field is required." how to solve my requirements help me please.

Nakov

6 years ago

Level 73

@secret_tech sometimes rule works only if the key does not exists in the request data that comes in, so even if you have this:

'date_of_birth' => ''

The filed will be validated.. Use nullable instead:

'date_of_birth'=>'nullable|date|date_format:Y-m-d'

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