unique email validation in laravel code example

Example 1: email validation in laravel

'email' => 'required|email|unique:users,email',
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Example 2: laravel validation unique email

'email' => 'unique:users,email_address,'.$user->id

Example 3: 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 4: validate field for existing client laravel

unique:users,username,id,1 // table, field, idcolumn, value to ignore