Where does laravel 5 handle the ValidationException?

Question

If the incoming request was an AJAX request, no redirect will be generated. Instead, an HTTP response with a 422 status code will be returned to the browser containing a JSON representation of the validation errors.

This is not working! I am trying to access the route via an ajax request and it redirects back.

If validation passes, your code will keep executing normally. However, if validation fails, an Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\ValidationException will be thrown. This exception is automatically caught and a redirect is generated to the user's previous location. The validation errors are even automatically flashed to the session!

Now I want to know where does laravel catch this exception so that I can modify it?

Laurence Laurence · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-08T15:09:51

This is handled inside the FormRequest class:

protected function failedValidation(Validator $validator)
{
    throw new HttpResponseException($this->response(
        $this->formatErrors($validator)
    ));
}

You can override this function in your own Request object and handle a failed validation any way you like.

Where does laravel 5 handle the ValidationException?

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