regex in laravel validation code example

Example 1: enie letter validation laravel regex

return [
                    'fname' => 'required|max:255|regex:/^[a-zA-ZÑñ\s]+$/',
                    'lname' => 'required|max:255|regex:/^[a-zA-ZÑñ\s]+$/',
                    'mname' => 'max:255|alpha',
                     'file' => 'image|mimes:jpg,jpeg,png',
               'contact_no' => 'regex:/^[-0-9\+]+$/',
            'date_of_birth' => 'required|date_format:Y-m-d',
                'school_id' => 'required|exists:schools,id',
                'degree_id' => 'required|exists:degrees,id',
        ];

Example 2: laravel unique validation

unique:table,column,except,idColumn

############## Example : ################

############### For Updating  
//rules
'email' => 'unique:users,email_address,' . $userId,

############### For Creating 
//rules
'email' => 'unique:users,email_address',

Example 3: laravel validation custom message example

$rules = [
        'name' => 'required',
        'email' => 'required|email',
        'message' => 'required|max:250',
    ];

    $customMessages = [
        'required' => 'The :attribute field is required.'
    ];

    $this->validate($request, $rules, $customMessages);
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