Laravel file validation when creating vs editing

Question

I have a form to create a Product. The product has two images. The first image is required. When I create a Product I set the validation rule required for the first image. I dont know what to do when editing the product. How can I validate it? Because if the request hasnt the file maybe it was already uploaded when the Product was created so it shouldnt return errors. How should I handle this case? Im looking for the cleanest and laravel way.

You would have your controller make a call to check if the product already has an image, then conditionally display an error. If you post the code you are currently using, I/we can suggest how to modify it to incorporate this change — tam5
Make separate rules for creating and editing the product. You can see an example of it here — Doom5

Nadeem0035 Nadeem0035 · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-29T06:40:52

While editing product, you can remove rule on base of product id

In your own Requests class

 /**
     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function rules() {
        $rules = [
            'title' => 'required',
            'description' => 'required',
        ];
        if (!($this->request->get('product_id'))) {
            $rules['product_image'] = 'required';
        }
        return $rules;
    }

Laravel file validation when creating vs editing

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