unique laravel code example

Example 1: laravel validator make custom message

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

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

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

Example 2: laravel unique validation

/**
 * Store a new blog post.
 *
 * @param  Request  $request
 * @return Response
 */

public function store(Request $request)
{
    $validatedData = $request->validate([
        'title' => 'required|unique:posts|max:255',
        'body' => 'required',
    ]);

    // The blog post is valid...
}

Example 3: laravel validation

/**
 * Store a new blog post.
 *
 * @param  Request  $request
 * @return Response
 */
public function store(Request $request)
{
    $validatedData = $request->validate([
        'title' => 'required|unique:posts|max:255',
        'body' => 'required',
    ]);

    // The blog post is valid...
}

Example 4: 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 5: laravel rule unique where

'required|email|unique:company_users,email_address,NULL,id,company_id,' . $request->company_id

Example 6: laravel unique id

function generateBarcodeNumber() {
    $number = mt_rand(1000000000, 9999999999); // better than rand()

    // call the same function if the barcode exists already
    if (barcodeNumberExists($number)) {
        return generateBarcodeNumber();
    }

    // otherwise, it's valid and can be used
    return $number;
}

function barcodeNumberExists($number) {
    // query the database and return a boolean
    // for instance, it might look like this in Laravel
    return User::whereBarcodeNumber($number)->exists();
}