Validation rule const and static method

[SaeedDev94]

Hi, It would be better if we create some const in Illuminate\Validation\Rule class to suggest rules in IDE Dev must write the exact rule name or install plugin to suggest rules, i think this way is more dev friendly:

class Rule {
    /**
     * The field under validation must be present in the input data and not empty
     */
    public const required = 'required';
}

Then in controller:

$request->validate([
    'field' => [Rule::required]
]);

By typing Rule:: dev can see all available validation rules with description What do you think?

[tpetry]

This will get really messy with options for rules:

$request->validate([
    'field' => [Rule::required, Rule::max.':255', Rule::email.':rfc,dns']
]);

If you are using PHPStorm the Laravel Idea fully supports validations strings with auto-suggest.

[SaeedDev94]

For rules with arguments we can use static methods Like: Rule::unique($table, $column = 'NULL') that already exists Laravel idea that you mentioned does not suggest in all cases, also it's a paid plugin

$request->validate([
    'field' => [Rule::required, Rule::max(255), Rule::email(['rfc', 'dns'])]
]);

You can see this pattern in angular ReactiveFormsModule:

age = new FormControl(10, [Validators.required, Validators.min(18)]);

(For example Rule::min($value) can simply generate validation string: min:value)