Laravel Errors not appearing - php

Question

I'm trying to add a new match into the database but if I purposely don't enter anything into the form, no errors are displayed. I have based this on my registration form which works perfectly. If I correctly fill out the form all data goes into the database correctly.
MatchController.php
public function postCreate()
{
$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), Match::$rules);
if ($validator->passes())
{
$datetime = Input::get('year')."-".Input::get('month')."-".Input::get('day')." ".Input::get('time').":00";
$match = new Match;
$match->type = Input::get('match_type');
$match->associate = Input::get('associate');
$match->date = $datetime;
$match->location = Input::get('location');
$match->save();
$matchp1 = new Matchplayer;
$matchp1->user_id = Input::get('id');
$matchp1->match_id = $match->id;
$matchp1->team = 1;
$matchp1->save();
$matchp2 = new Matchplayer;
$matchp2->user_id = Input::get('opponent');
$matchp2->match_id = $match->id;
$matchp2->team = 2;
$matchp2->save();
return Redirect::to('members/matches/create')->with('message', 'Match created!');
}else{
return Redirect::to('members/matches/create')->withErrors($validator)->withInput();
}
}
Match Model (Match.php)
class Match extends Eloquent{
protected $table = 'matches';
public static $rules = array(
'match_type'=>'required',
'associate'=>'alpha|min:2'
'location'=>'required|alpha|min:2',
'team_mate2'=>'required_if:match_type,doubles',
'opponent2'=>'required_with:team_mate2'
);
}
Match Creation View (matchCreate.php)
<div class="row clearfix">
<!-- Error Message Box -->
#if(Session::has('message'))
<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
<div class="alert alert-info">{{ Session::get('message') }}</div>
</div>
#endif
<div class="col-md-9">
<!-- Top Menu BEGIN -->
<ul class="nav nav-pills nav-justified">
<li>{{ HTML::link('members/logout', 'Profiles') }}</li>
<li>{{ HTML::link('members/logout', 'Leagues') }}</li>
<li class="active">{{ HTML::link('members/logout', 'Add Match') }}</li>
<li>{{ HTML::link('members/logout', 'Results & Fixtures') }}</li>
<li>{{ HTML::link('members/logout', 'Matchboard') }}</li>
</ul>
<!-- Top Menu END -->
<div class="page-header">
<h3>Create a Match</h3>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'members/matches/create', 'action' => 'post', 'class'=>'form-horizontal')) }}
{{ form::hidden('id', Auth::user()->id) }}
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">Match Type</label>
<div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-pad">
{{ $errors->first('match_type', '<span class="help-block">:message</span>') }}
{{ Form::select('match_type', array('singles' => 'Singles', 'doubles' => 'Doubles'), 'singles', array('id' => 'match_type', 'class' => 'form-control input')) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="gender" class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">League Associate</label>
<div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-pad">
{{ $errors->first('associate', '<span class="help-block">:message</span>') }}
{{ Form::text('associate', Input::old('associate'), array('class' => 'form-control input')) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">Team Mate #1<br><small></small></label>
<div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-pad">
<p class="form-control-static">{{ Auth::user()->first_name." ".Auth::user()->last_name }}</p>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">Opponent #1</label>
<div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-pad">
{{ $errors->first('opponent', '<span class="help-block">:message</span>') }}
{{ Form::select('opponent', $users, 'key', array('class' => 'form-control input')) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">Team Mate #2<br><small>(Doubles Only)</small></label>
<div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-pad">
{{ $errors->first('team_mate2', '<span class="help-block">:message</span>') }}
{{ Form::select('team_mate2', $users, 'key', array('class' => 'form-control input')); }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">Opponent #2<br><small>(Doubles Only)</small></label>
<div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-pad">
{{ $errors->first('opponent2', '<span class="help-block">:message</span>') }}
{{ Form::select('opponent2', $users, 'key', array('class' => 'form-control input')) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">Date</label>
{{ $errors->first('day', '<span class="help-block">:message</span>') }}
<div class="col-lg-2 col-sm-pad">
{{ Form::selectRange('day', 1, 31, 'a', array('class' => 'form-control input input-sm dob-form-control')) }}
</div>
<div class="col-lg-2 col-sm-pad">
{{ Form::selectRange('month', 1, 12, 'a', array('class' => 'form-control input input-sm dob-form-control')) }}
</div>
<div class="col-lg-3 col-sm-pad">
{{ Form::selectRange('year', 2014, 2015, 'a', array('class' => 'form-control input-sm input dob-form-control')) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">Time</label>
<div class="col-lg-3 col-sm-pad">
{{ $errors->first('time', '<span class="help-block">:message</span>') }}
{{ Form::select('time', $times, 'key', array('class' => 'form-control input input-sm dob-form-control')) }}
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-sm-5 control-label col-sm-pad">Location</label>
<div class="col-sm-7 col-sm-pad">
{{ Form::text('location', Input::old('location'), array('class' => 'form-control input')) }}
</div>
</div>
{{ Form::submit('Create', array('class'=>'btn btn-success btn-block')) }}
{{ Form::token() . Form::close() }}
</div>
<div class="col-sm-6">
</div>
</div>
#include('includes.sidemenu')
</div>
routes.php
Route::post('members/matches/create', 'MatchController#postCreate');

Answer 1

You're creating your Validator object incorrectly. The make() method has four parameters:
/**
* Create a new Validator instance.
*
* #param array $data
* #param array $rules
* #param array $messages
* #return \Illuminate\Validation\Validator
*/
public function make(array $data, array $rules, array $messages = array(), array $customAttributes = array()) { ... }
You're passing each of your validation rules as a separate array, rather than together as one array. Subsequently, you aren't passing any of your input data, either, so it has no actual data to validate against.