Custom Validation Rules In PHP Laravel (Using Artisan Command)

Yo! Whats up guys. Today you will learn how to create custom Laravel validation class and use it in a real example.

Sometimes there might arise the requirement to create your own validation rules and start flying out of the Laravel builtin validation nest.

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Prerequisites

You will learn how to do Google reCAPTCHA custom server side validation class with Laravel Validator.

Read how to create Google reCAPTCHA with Laravel form, not sure where ? Then I have an entire article on it, please feel free to read it How To Do Google reCAPTCHA Integration In PHP Laravel Forms.

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Step 1 - Create Laravel Validation Rule

Run the following command to create GoogleRecaptcha validation rule class

php artisan make:rule GoogleRecaptcha

This will create GoogleRecaptcha validation rule class inside App/Rules folder

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Step 2 - Know Your Validation Rule Class Details

When you open App/Rules/GoogleRecaptcha file. Then you will see the following bare bone code in it.

<?php

namespace App\Rules;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule;
use ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha;

class GoogleRecaptcha implements Rule
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        //
    }

    public function passes($attribute, $value)
    {
        
    }

    public function message()
    {
        
    }
}

__construct Function

In above rule I didn't need any extra variables for usage in this rule class so __construct is empty.

You can pass variables through the __contruct function while calling GoogleRecaptcha rule. Like the following

ContactsController

request()->validate([
  /** See this line this is where google recaptcha will be validated */
  'g-recaptcha-response' => new GoogleRecaptcha($someVariable),
]);

GoogleRecaptcha Class

class GoogleRecaptcha implments Rule{

  protected $someVariable;

  public function __construct($someVariable){
    $this->someVariable = $someVariable
  }

  public function passes($attribute, $value){
    /** SomeVariable can be access here like the following **/
    // $this->someVariable 
  }
}

Passes Function

By default Laravel passes form attribute ($attribute) and its value ($value) in passes method as seen in the code.

public function passes($attribute, $value)

Message Function

public function message()

When the validation fails you can pass the custom messages from this function.

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Step 3 - GoogleRecaptcha Rule Class After Adding Code

When you add google validation then you will have the following code. I have removed comments just for the sake of demonstration. Make sure to include those.

<?php

namespace App\Rules;


use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule;
use ReCaptcha\ReCaptcha;


class GoogleRecaptcha implements Rule
{
    public function __construct()
    {
        //
    }


    public function passes($attribute, $value)
    {
        $recaptcha  = new ReCaptcha(env('RECAPTCHA_SECRET_KEY'));
        $response   = $recaptcha->verify($value, $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']);
        return $response->isSuccess();
    }


    public function message()
    {
        return 'Please verify recaptcha.';
    }
}

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Step 4 - Using In ContactsController Store Method

For the sake of demo I am adding my validation in controller, proper way to add validation rules is in Requests Class to make your controller slim.

public function store()
{
    request()->validate([
        /** Other field validation exists, for the demo I have removed those */
        'g-recaptcha-response'  => new GoogleRecaptcha(),
    ]);

    /** Store Validate Data */
}

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Conclusion

You learnt how to do added custom validation rules. So go ahead and implement them in your projects.

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