Laravel 5.2 Displaying Validation Error - php

Question

I am trying to validate a simple form by using Laravel's validator. Looks like validation works fine but i am unable to display errors. Form and controller looks like this.
Form
<h3>Add a New Team</h3>
<form method="POST" action="/teams">
<input type="hidden" name="_token" value="{{ csrf_token() }}">
<div class="form-group">
<input class="form-control" name="team_name" value="{{ old('team_name') }}" />
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<button type="submit" class="btn bg-primary">Add Team</button>
</div>
</form>
#if(count($errors))
<div class="alert alert-danger">
<ul>
#foreach($errors->all() as $error)
<li>{{ $error }}</li>
#endforeach
</ul>
</div>
#endif
Controller Method
public function store(Request $request) {
$this->validate($request, [
'team_name' => 'required|min:10'
]);
$team = new Team;
$team->team_name = $request->team_name;
$team->save();
return back();
}
If i remove web middleware group from my routes, errors displays fine.
Currently my routes.php file looks like this
Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
Route::get('/teams', 'TeamsController#create');
Route::post('/teams', 'TeamsController#store');
});
How do i fix this problem ? Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

why do use the validation looks like laravel 4 while you are using laravel 5!!
in laravel 5 you need first to make Request class that handle your validation
php artisan make:request RequestName
you will find the request class that you make in
'app/http/Requests/RequestName.php'
and in the rules function you can handle your validation
public function rules()
{
return [
// put your validation rules here
'team_name' => 'required|min:10'
];
}
finally in your controller
use App\Http\Requests\RequestName;
public function store(RequestName $request) {
Team::create($request->all());
return Redirect::back();
}
for more illustration here

Answer 2

I recommend you to use Laravel Form Request
run
artisan make:request TeamRequest
add some logic and rules
class TeamRequest extends Request {
/**
* Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
*
* #return bool
*/
public function authorize()
{
return true; //you can put here any other variable or condition
}
/**
* Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
*
* #return array
*/
public function rules()
{
return [
// put your validation rules here
];
}
}
then your contorller code will be like so:
public function store(TeamRequest $request)
{
$team = Team::create($request->all());
return back();
}
you no longer need to validate request and redirect back with errors and other stuff, laravel will do it for you
And you code looks more clean and neat, isn't it?

Answer 3

Write below code in your controller :
// define rules
$rules = array(
'team_name' => 'required|min:10'
);
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
if ($validator->fails())
{
// something
return Redirect::back()
->withErrors($validator) // send back all errors to the login form
->withInput();
}
else
{
// something
// save your data
$team = new Team;
$team->team_name = $request->team_name;
$team->save();
}
change in View File :
#if (count($errors) > 0)
<div class="alert alert-danger">
<ul>
#foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
<li>{{ $error }}</li>
#endforeach
</ul>
</div>
#endif

Answer 4

After a little bit research, i have found that Laravel 5.2 has a RouteServiceProvider and it includes web middleware group for all routes. So i do not have to add the web middleware group to my routes manually. I just removed it from routes.php and problem solved.

Answer 5

If i remove web middleware group from my routes, errors displays fine.
In Laravel 5.2 the web midddleware is automatically applied to your routes in routes.php so no need to apply web middleware again. It is defined in mapWebRoutes() method of RouteServiceProvider.