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

upgarate to 5.4 and you can use after_or_equal see https://laravel.com/docs/5.4/validation#rule-after-or-equal