Laravel 9: Trait with validation - php

Question

I created a trait to use with a controller. The controller should start the trait function, which validates its input and then does a thing.
Inside the FooController.php:
[..]
$do_stuff = $this->create_stuff($input);
The trait:
<?php
namespace App\Traits;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
[..]
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
trait Foo
{
public function create_stuff(Request $input)
{
// validation part
$validatedData = $input->validate([
'Value' => 'required|numeric',
]);
// end of validation part
[..]
Everything works fine without the validation part but as soon as I add it I get the error:
Argument 1 passed to App\\Http\\Controllers\\FooController::create_stuff() must be an instance of Illuminate\\Http\\Request, instance of stdClass given,[..]
I understand the $input is a 'normal' (?) PHP object and it seems the validation only works with 'request' objects, so how can I make this work?

Answer 1

First of all please don't create a trait for validation create a request for validation using PHP artisan
PHP artisan make:request Your_request_name
and inside your request add your validations like this
public function rules()
{
return [
'sponsor_name' => ['required', 'string'],
'sponsor_type' => ['required', 'string'],
'mobile' => ['required', 'string'],
'email' => ['required', 'string'],
'nationality' => ['required', 'string'],
'sponsor_issued_from' => ['required', 'string'],
'sponsor_issued_date' => ['required', 'date'],
'sponsor_address' => ['required', 'string'],
];
}
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
then inside your request add your validations
after that just call your request in your controller function
for example
public function (Your_request_name $request)
{
...
}