Laravel Excel custom validation

Hello, Using laravel 12 and the package: Laravel Excel.

https://docs.laravel-excel.com/3.1/imports/validation.html

I have an excel file with these column names:

Batch, Time, Profile, Beans, In (g), Out (g)

Example for the Time value: 2026-05-17 13:39

Example for the Profile value: Brazil-5kg-Med-03

I need to check a table in the database for existing records for:

roasted_date: 2026-05-17 13:39:00

coffee_id: 3

If a record exists, I need to give an error.

In my import class I have this method:

public function collection(Collection $rows)
    {
        foreach ($rows as $row) {
			$date = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\Date::excelToDateTimeObject($row['time'])->format('Y-m-d H:i:00');

			$dets = explode("-", $row['profile']);

			$coffee_name = $dets[0];

            $coffee_id = Coffee::where('short_name', $coffee_name)->value('id');

			$find_duplicate = Roast::where('roast_date_time', $date)
                ->where('coffee_id', $coffee_id)->count();

            if ($find_duplicate > 0) {
                Swal::fire([
                    'title' => 'Error',
                    'text' => "Profile already uploaded",
                    'icon' => 'error',
                ]);

                Log::debug('error');

                return redirect()->route('warehouse.upload-roasts');
}

public function rules(): array
    {
        return [
            'out_g' => ['exclude_if:*.batch,SUM', 'required', 'numeric'],
            'beans' => ['exclude_if:*.batch,SUM', 'required', 'exists:green_beans,name'],
            'profile' => function (string $attribute, mixed $value, Closure $fail) {
                $dets = explode("-", $value);
                $coffee_name = $dets[0];
                $coffee = Coffee::where('short_name', $coffee_name)->first();
                if (is_null($coffee)) {
                    $fail("The coffee name is invalid.");
                }
            },            
        ];
    }

It finds a duplicate (I get the Log debug message), but I don't get the Swal message.

I couldn't find a way to add this validation to the validation errors in the documentation, or I don't really understand their examples for complex validations, that's why I'm trying it that way.

Can someone please help?

ghabriel25

22 hours ago

Level 2

Did you include this in your base layout?

<body>

    {{ $slot }}

    @include('sweetalert2::index') 

</body>

Also check if there was console error

SigalZ

21 hours ago

Level 5

Yes, it is included in: resources/views/layouts/master.blade.php:

@include('layouts.admin.scripts')
@include('sweetalert2::index')

</body>
</html>

There are no errors in the console.

SigalZ

20 hours ago

Level 5

Ok, I managed to solve the issue and add the validation to the errors. So now I get it as a normal validation error, not using Swal.

If anyone is interested, in my Import class I added these methods:

private function findDuplicate($data)
    {
        $find_duplicate = false;

        foreach ($data as $key => $val) {
            $date = \PhpOffice\PhpSpreadsheet\Shared\Date::excelToDateTimeObject($val['time'])->format('Y-m-d H:i:00');

            //get coffee name
            $dets = explode("-", $val['profile']);
            $coffee_name = $dets[0];

            $coffee_id = Coffee::where('short_name', $coffee_name)->value('id');

            $find_duplicate = Roast::where('roast_date_time', $date)
                ->where('coffee_id', $coffee_id)->count();

            if ($find_duplicate)
                return $key;
        }

        return 0;
    }

    public function withValidator(Validator $validator)
    {
        $validator->after(function ($validator) {
            // Your custom logic here
            $row_no = $this->findDuplicate($validator->getData());

            if ($row_no != 0) {
                $validator->errors()->add("$row_no", 'This roast date and coffee already exists in the database.');
            }
        });
    }
}

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