Laravel5 - Request validation always passes - php

Question

I am learning/using Laravel5 and using the Request generator tool to make a custom request validation handler;
php artisan make:request <nameOfRequestFile>
And I find that my validation always passes, but I don't know why.
On my view I do a vardump of the errors;
{{ var_dump($errors) }}
And when I submit an empty form it always inserts a new record, when it should fail.
The var dump reports;
object(Illuminate\Support\ViewErrorBag)#135 (1) { ["bags":protected]=> array(0) { } }
Which seems to suggest the error bag is always empty.
My request file is pretty simple
namespace App\Http\Requests;
use App\Http\Requests\Request;
class PublishDriverRequest extends Request
{
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
public function rules()
{
return [
'name.required|min:3' => 'Please provide a name.',
'companyName.required|min:3' => 'Please provide a company name.'
];
}
}
I checked my input form and the names are the same;
<input type="text" name="name" id="name" class="form-control">
<input type="text" name="companyName" id="companyName" class="form-control">
And I checked my database, the names are the same too.
My controller when storing the data is equally straight forward;
public function store(PublishDriverRequest $request) {
Driver::create($request->all());
return redirect('/');
}
So I'm not sure why the validation always passes; if I submit an empty form it should fail as the rules indicate minimum length and required.
What am I doing wrong?

Answer 1

Change you validation rules to:
public function rules()
{
return [
'name' => 'required|min:3',
'companyName' => 'required|min:3',
];
}
To show custom validation error:
public function messages()
{
return [
'name.required' => 'Please provide a name.',
'companyName.required' => 'Please provide a company name.',
];
}
Note: Use message() method before rules()