value should be in laravel validation code example

Example 1: laravel validate integer between

'item' => 'required|integer|between:1,10',

Example 2: rule::exists with custom message laravel

$messsages = array(
		'email.required'=>'You cant leave Email field empty',
		'name.required'=>'You cant leave name field empty',
                'name.min'=>'The field has to be :min chars long',
	);

	$rules = array(
		'email'=>'required|unique:content',
		'name'=>'required|min:3',
	);

	$validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules,$messsages);