Laravel 5.3 date validator: equal to or after start_date

Question

I\'m using Laravel 5.3 to validate start_date and end_date for an event. end_date should be equal to start_date or the after date. end_date >= start_date

Answer 1

$validator = Validator::make($data, [
    'start_date'    => 'required|date',
    'end_date'      => 'required|date|after_or_equal:start_date',
]);

Use after_or_equal