Laravel 4: Validate start and end date with before and after validation

Question

I want to validate two date fields in a form which is from_date and end_date. Need to check from_date is less than end_date.

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Answer 1

Just came across this and thought I'd share an answer I found: Compare attributes in validation

Basically, you'd create a new Validator that extends Illuminate\Validation\Validator and write a custom rule in there:

public function validateEndAfter($attribute, $value, $parameters) {
    $start_date = $this->getValue($parameters[0]); // get the value of the parameter (start_date)
    return (strtotime($value) > strtotime($start_date));
}

then in your validator use the new rule:

$rules = [
    'start_date'  => 'required',
    'end_date'=> 'required|end_after:start_date',
]