I'm trying to update a company data using CompanyRequest but got an error. Please see my code below and other details.

CompanyRequest.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;

class CompanyRequest 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()
    {
        if($this->isMethod('PATCH')) {
            return [
                'name' => [
                    'required',
                    'max:255',
                    Rule::unique('companies')->ignore($this->id)
                ],
                'owner' => 'required|max:255',
                'address' => ''
            ];
        }

        return [
            'name' => 'required|max:255|unique:companies',
            'owner' => 'required|max:255',
            'address' => ''
        ];
    }
}

CompanyController.php

public function update(Company $company, CompanyRequest $request)
{
    return $company->update($request->validated());
}

api.php

Route::patch('company/{company}', [CompanyController::class, 'update'])->name('company.update');

Error

CodePudding user response：

I think you need to use the same property as the route

Rule::unique('companies')->ignore($this->company)

CodePudding user response：

Try something like

'name' => 'unique:companies,name,' . $id,

so basically name is unique, but allow update when id is same.

CodePudding user response：

To tell the unique rule to ignore the user's ID, you may pass the ID as the third parameter:

'name' => 'unique:companies,column,'.$this->id