Laravel sometimes validation rule

Question

I am trying to validate a password field only if it is present. I want to allow someone to edit a user and they may or may not want to change the users password. So I thought I

Answer 1

I think we should tell laravel If password is not empty put the rules otherwise do nothing.

$this->validate($request, [
  'password' => $request->password != null ?'sometimes|required|min:8': ''
]);