Laravel validate array values contained in list

Question

I am passing an array in a request to my api. Each value within the array must be within a pre-defined list.

If my list is: name,description,title

name, title //valid
different, title //invalid

I tried array|in:name,description,title but I think for that I can only pass a string.

Can I do this without using a custom rule?

Does this question help: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/42258185/how-to-validate-array-in-laravel — Tony, Oct 06 '21 at 08:14
What do you mean when you say "..I think for that I can only pass a string"? Does that mean your array does not contain strings? — Tony, Oct 06 '21 at 08:18
I think your link did help `'values.*' => 'string|in:name,title,description'` seems to work — reans, Oct 06 '21 at 08:20
glad to hear it helped. Perhaps add your own answer and accept it so your question does not show up as unanswered :) — Tony, Oct 06 '21 at 08:27

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 06 '21 at 09:50

3

Validate each string in the array:

'values.*' => 'string|in:name,title,description'

answered Oct 06 '21 at 09:50

reans

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 06 '21 at 08:24

0

If I understand you correctly your validation rules should be (untested)

[
   '*.name' => 'required|string',
   '*.description' => 'required|string',
]

answered Oct 06 '21 at 08:24

ya-cha

2 Answers2