Common Rule for Multiple Input Fields pattern in Laravel

I want to create a common rule for multiple Inpute fields with the name pattern "name_*". e.g.

I have multiple input fields with the following names:

name
name_fruit
name_animal
name_people
name_region
name_language
description
keywords
image

And I want fields with pattern name, name_* should be 'required|min:3|max:120' Validator.

Currently, I am using the following rule but it wonly works for the first input field name

    $rules = array(
        'name*'        => 'required|min:3|max:120',
     );

Is there any way using asterisk or regex or other method through which I can?

Solution

You're better off just manually returning a rule array with every single one of those keys. It's easier to read.

public function rules(): array
{
    return [
        'name'          => 'required|min:3|max:120',
        'name_fruit'    => 'required|min:3|max:120',
        'name_animal'   => 'required|min:3|max:120',
        'name_people'   => 'required|min:3|max:120',
        'name_region'   => 'required|min:3|max:120',
        'name_language' => 'required|min:3|max:120',
        'description'   => '...',
        'keywords'      => '...',
        'image'         => '...',
    ];
}

Of course, that doesn't mean you can't do what you want. But there is no built in wildcard like that. You'd have to write some extra logic.

public function rules(): array
{
    $name_fields = ['name', 'name_fruit', 'name_animal', 'name_people', 'name_region', 'name_language'];

    $rules = [];
    foreach ($name_fields as $name_field) {
        $rules[$name_field] = 'required|min:3|max:120';
    }

    return $rules + [
        'description'   => '...',
        'keywords'      => '...',
        'image'         => '...',
    ];
}

Another option is to use array validation. For this to work, you'll need to change the name attribute of your inputs.

From name to name_fields[name]
From name_fruit to name_fields[fruit]
From name_animal to name_fields[animal]
From name_people to name_fields[people]
From name_region to name_fields[region]
From name_language to name_fields[language]

public function rules(): array
{
    return [
        'name_fields'   => 'required|array',
        'name_fields.*' => 'required|min:3|max:120',
        'description'   => '...',
        'keywords'      => '...',
        'image'         => '...',
    ];
}

But this also means there's nothing validating against someone passing in an unkonwn field like say.... name[company] to give an example.