Laravel form validation unique using 2 fields

Question

How can I have a unique validation rule on 2 fields?

a. The application should not allow two people to have the same identical first name and last name.

It i

Answer 1

in my case this works just fine (in controller):

$request->validate([
    'firstName' => 'required|min:3|max:255|unique:people,firstName,NULL,id,lastname,' . $request->input('lastname'),
], [
    'unique' => 'Some message for "unique" error',
]);