How can I manually return or throw a validation error/exception in Laravel?

Question

Have a method that\'s importing CSV-data into a Database. I do some basic validation using

class CsvImportController extends Controller
{
    public functio         


        

Answer 1

you can try a custom message bag

try
{
    // Call the rabbit hole of an import method
}
catch(\Exception $e)
{
    return redirect()->to('dashboard')->withErrors(new \Illuminate\Support\MessageBag(['catch_exception'=>$e->getMessage()]));
}