Laravel "At Least One" Field Required Validation
So I have this form with these fields
{{ Form::open(array('url' => 'user', 'id' => 'user_create_form')) }}
<div class="form-input-element">
<label for="facebook_id">ID Facebook</label>
{{ Form::text('facebook_id', Input::old('facebook_id'), array('placeholder' => 'ID Facebook')) }}
</div>
<div class="form-input-element">
<label for="twitter_id">ID Twitter</label>
{{ Form::text('twitter_id', Input::old('twitter_id'), array('placeholder' => 'ID Twitter')) }}
</div>
<div class="form-input-element">
<label for="instagram_id">ID Instagram</label>
{{ Form::text('instagram_id', Input::old('instagram_id'), array('placeholder' => 'ID Instagram')) }}
</div>
{{ Form::close() }}
I'd like to tell Laravel that at least one of these fields is required. How do I do that using the Validator?
$rules = array(
'facebook_id' => 'required',
'twitter_id' => 'required',
'instagram_id' => 'required',
);
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
Solution 1:
Try checking out required_without_all:foo,bar,...
, it looks like that should do it for you. To quote their documentation:
The field under validation must be present only when the all of the other specified fields are not present.
Example:
$rules = array(
'facebook_id' => 'required_without_all:twitter_id,instagram_id',
'twitter_id' => 'required_without_all:facebook_id,instagram_id',
'instagram_id' => 'required_without_all:facebook_id,twitter_id',
);
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
Solution 2:
**For automatic validation**
$rules = array(
'facebook_id' => 'required_without_all:twitter_id,instagram_id',
'twitter_id' => 'required_without_all:facebook_id,instagram_id',
'instagram_id' => 'required_without_all:facebook_id,twitter_id',
);
$message = array(
'facebook_id' => 'The facebook field is required when none of twitter / instagram are present.',
'twitter_id' => 'The twitter field is required when none of facebook / instagram are present.',
'instagram_id' => 'The instagram field is required when none of twitter / facebook are present.');
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules, $message)->validate();