<?php namespace App\Http\Requests; use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest; class StoreGroupRequest extends FormRequest { /** * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request. * * @return bool */ public function authorize() { return true; } /** * Get the validation rules that apply to the request. * * @return array */ public function rules() { switch ($this->method()) { case 'POST': return ['name' => 'required:max:255|unique:groups,name']; case 'PUT': $groupId = intval($this->segment(3)); return ['name' => 'required:max:255|unique:groups,name,' . $groupId]; } return []; } }