Laravel skipping "required" file validation - php

Question

i'm having a problem with laravel 8, i really don't know what i'm doing wrong but the files are skipping the required rule in the validation, i'm sending the form with an array of names and files, and executing the validation in the controller:
public function store(StoreExamenRequest $examenRequest, StoreResultadoRequest $resultadoRequest)
{
$validacionExamen = $examenRequest->validated();
$validacionResultado = $resultadoRequest-validated();
the part that is not validating the file is $resultadoRequest-validated(); This is the content of StoreResultadoRequest
class StoreResultadoRequest extends FormRequest {
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
public function rules()
{
$this->redirect => url()->previous();
return [
'NombreResultado.*' => 'required|string',
'ArchivoResultado.*' => 'required|file|mimes:pdf|max:1024',
];
}
public function messages()
{
return [
'NombreResultado.required' => __('NombreResultado.required'),
'ArchivoResultado.required' => __('ArchivoResultado.required'),
'ArchivoResultado.file' => __('ArchivoResultado.file'),
'ArchivoResultado.mimes' => __('ArchivoResultado.mimes'),
'ArchivoResultado.max' => __('ArchivoResultado.max')
];
}
}
NombreResultado.required required rule is validating ok, the problem is with ArchivoResultado.required it is validating all the rules except for the required rule. I’ve tried deleting all the other rules and leaving only that rule but it's not working. This is a dd of the $validacionResultado in the controller when i submit the form without the file:
array:1 [
"NombreResultado" => array:1 [
0 => "Name of the file"
]
]
This is a dd with the file attached:
array:2 [
"NombreResultado" => array:1 [
0 => "Name of the file"
]
"ArchivoResultado" => array:1 [
0 => Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile {#1328
-test: false
-originalName: "factura_00000525.pdf"
-mimeType: "application/pdf"
-error: 0
#hashName: null
path: "/private/var/tmp"
filename: "phpoVUvWV"
basename: "phpoVUvWV"
pathname: "/private/var/tmp/phpoVUvWV"
extension: ""
realPath: "/private/var/tmp/phpoVUvWV"
aTime: 2021-03-13 04:53:56
mTime: 2021-03-13 04:53:56
cTime: 2021-03-13 04:53:56
inode: 80503611
size: 136213
perms: 0100600
owner: 70
group: 0
type: "file"
writable: true
readable: true
executable: false
file: true
dir: false
link: false
}
]
]
i'm not attaching a dd of $resultadoRequest because it's too long. Can you please point me in the right direction?

Answer 1

You want to check that the array of files is present and not empty, then check each file in the array. You already have the part that checks each file in the array, so add the check of array itself.
return [
'NombreResultado.*' => 'required|string',
'ArchivoResultado' => 'required|array',
'ArchivoResultado.*' => 'required|file|mimes:pdf|max:1024',
];