Laravel unique validation on multiple columns

Question

I have 2 columns in table servers.

I have columns ip and hostname.

I have validation:

\'data.ip\' => [\'required         


        

Answer 1

The following will work on the create

'data.ip' => ['required', 'unique:servers,ip,'.$this->id.',NULL,id,hostname,'.$request->input('hostname')]

and the following for the update

'data.ip' => ['required', 'unique:servers,ip,'.$this->id.','.$request->input('id').',id,hostname,'.$request->input('hostname')]

I'm presuming that id is your primary key in the table. Substitute it for your environment.

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The (undocumented) format for the unique rule is:

table[,column[,ignore value[,ignore column[,where column,where value]...]]]

Multiple "where" conditions can be specified, but only equality can be checked. A closure (as in the accepted answer) is needed for any other comparisons.