Laravel Password & Password_Confirmation Validation

Try this:

'password' => 'required|min:6|confirmed',
'password_confirmation' => 'required|min:6'

You can use the confirmed validation rule.

$this->validate($request, [
    'name' => 'required|min:3|max:50',
    'email' => 'email',
    'vat_number' => 'max:13',
    'password' => 'required|confirmed|min:6',
]);

Try doing it this way, it worked for me:

$this->validate($request, [
'name' => 'required|min:3|max:50',
'email' => 'email',
'vat_number' => 'max:13',
'password' => 'min:6|required_with:password_confirmation|same:password_confirmation',
'password_confirmation' => 'min:6'
]);`

Seems like the rule always has the validation on the first input among the pair...