Laravel 11 Form Validation Example Tutorial
In this example, I will show you how to add form validation in laravel 11 application.
Laravel 11 provides a request object to add form validation using it. We will use request->validate() for adding validation rules and custom messages. We will use the $errors variable to display error messages. I will show you a very simple step-by-step example of how to add form validation in the Laravel 11 application.
So, let's see the below example for adding form validation.
Step for Laravel 11 Form Validation with Error Message
- Step 1: Install Laravel 11
- Step 2: Create Controller
- Step 3: Create Routes
- Step 4: Create Blade File
- Run Laravel App
Step 1: Install Laravel 11
This step is not required; however, if you have not created the Laravel app, then you may go ahead and execute the below command:
composer create-project laravel/laravel example-app
Step 2: Create Controller
In this step, we will create a new `FormController` for adding form validation. In this controller, we will add two methods called `create()` and `store()`. So let's create a new controller using the following command.
php artisan make:controller FormController
Next, let's update the following code in that file.
app/Http/Controllers/FormController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\User;
use Illuminate\View\View;
use Illuminate\Http\RedirectResponse;
class FormController extends Controller
{
/**
* Show the application dashboard.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function create(): View
{
return view('createUser');
}
/**
* Show the application dashboard.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function store(Request $request): RedirectResponse
{
$validatedData = $request->validate([
'name' => 'required',
'password' => 'required|min:5',
'email' => 'required|email|unique:users'
], [
'name.required' => 'Name field is required.',
'password.required' => 'Password field is required.',
'email.required' => 'Email field is required.',
'email.email' => 'Email field must be email address.'
]);
$validatedData['password'] = bcrypt($validatedData['password']);
$user = User::create($validatedData);
return back()->with('success', 'User created successfully.');
}
}
Step 3: Create Routes
Furthermore, open `routes/web.php` file and add the routes to manage GET and POST requests for calling views and adding form validation.
routes/web.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
use App\Http\Controllers\FormController;
Route::get('users/create', [ FormController::class, 'create' ]);
Route::post('users/create', [ FormController::class, 'store' ])->name('users.store');
Step 4: Create Blade File
Now, here we will create createUser.blade.php file and here we will create a bootstrap simple form with error validation messages. So, let's create the following file:
resources/views/createUser.blade.php
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Laravel 11 Form Validation Example - ItSolutionStuff.com</title>
<link href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bootstrap@5.0.2/dist/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet" crossorigin="anonymous">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/font-awesome/6.5.1/css/all.min.css" />
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="card mt-5">
<h3 class="card-header p-3"><i class="fa fa-star"></i> Laravel 11 Form Validation Example - ItSolutionStuff.com</h3>
<div class="card-body">
@session('success')
<div class="alert alert-success" role="alert">
{{ $value }}
</div>
@endsession
<!-- Way 1: Display All Error Messages -->
@if ($errors->any())
<div class="alert alert-danger">
<strong>Whoops!</strong> There were some problems with your input.<br><br>
<ul>
@foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
<li>{{ $error }}</li>
@endforeach
</ul>
</div>
@endif
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('users.store') }}">
{{ csrf_field() }}
<div class="mb-3">
<label class="form-label" for="inputName">Name:</label>
<input
type="text"
name="name"
id="inputName"
class="form-control @error('name') is-invalid @enderror"
placeholder="Name">
<!-- Way 2: Display Error Message -->
@error('name')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label class="form-label" for="inputPassword">Password:</label>
<input
type="password"
name="password"
id="inputPassword"
class="form-control @error('password') is-invalid @enderror"
placeholder="Password">
<!-- Way 3: Display Error Message -->
@if ($errors->has('password'))
<span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('password') }}</span>
@endif
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<label class="form-label" for="inputEmail">Email:</label>
<input
type="text"
name="email"
id="inputEmail"
class="form-control @error('email') is-invalid @enderror"
placeholder="Email">
@error('email')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@endif
</div>
<div class="mb-3">
<button class="btn btn-success btn-submit"><i class="fa fa-save"></i> Submit</button>
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
Run Laravel App:
All the required steps have been done, now you have to type the given below command and hit enter to run the Laravel app:
php artisan serve
Now, Go to your web browser, type the given URL and view the app output:
http://localhost:8000/users/create
I hope it can help you...
Hardik Savani
I'm a full-stack developer, entrepreneur and owner of ItSolutionstuff.com. I live in India and I love to write tutorials and tips that can help to other artisan. I am a big fan of PHP, Laravel, Angular, Vue, Node, Javascript, JQuery, Codeigniter and Bootstrap from the early stage. I believe in Hardworking and Consistency.
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