I am trying to create and update users with laravel 5.4
This is the validation added for create user. It works.
$this->validate($request, [ 'name' => 'required|max:255', 'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users', 'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed', ]);
On update the password field is not required. But validate the min:6 and confirmed rule if the password field is not null. Tried with sometimes
.. but not working..
$this->validate($request, [ 'name' => 'required|max:255', 'email' => 'required|email|max:255|unique:users,email,'.$id, 'password' => 'sometimes|min:6|confirmed', ]);
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Answer
try using nullable as a rule
'password' => 'nullable|min:6|confirmed',
see https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/validation#a-note-on-optional-fields