How to give custom field name in laravel form validation error message

Question

I was trying form validation in laravel. I have a input text field in my form called \'Category\' and i\'m given the field name as \'cat\' as short.

And i defined

Answer 1

Here's an alternative:

$data = ['name' => e(Input::get('name')), 'cat' => e(Input::get('cat'))];
$rules = ['name' => 'required|min:3', 'cat' => 'required'];
// pass an item from lang array if you need to
$nice_input_names = ['cat' => trans('lang_file.a_name_for_the_category_input')];

$validator = Validator::make($data, $rules, $messages, $nice_input_names);