Laravel validator with a wildcard

Question

i want to make a laravel validator that validates the the fields inside an un-named array ( 0,1,2,3 ) that is inside an array

so my array is like

ar         


        

Answer 1

You could simply do something like that:

    $rules = [];
    for($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) {
        $rules["items.$i.id"] = "required";
    }
    $validator = \Validator::make($request->all(), $rules);

Answer 2

Laravel 5.2

The syntax in the question is now supported

http://laravel.com/docs/master/validation#validating-arrays

Laravel 5.1

First create the validator with all of your other rules. Use the array rule for items

$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
    'items' => 'array',
    // your other rules here
]);

Then use the Validator each method to apply a set of rules to every item in the items array.

$validator->each('items', [
    'id'       => 'required',
    'quantity' => 'min:0', 
]);

This will automatically set these rules for you...

items.*.id       => required
items.*.quantity => min:0

https://github.com/laravel/framework/blob/5.1/src/Illuminate/Validation/Validator.php#L261