<?php namespace App\Api; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator; use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException; use App\Api\Response; class Request { public function validateParam($request_input, $rules, $somethingElseIsInvalid = null) { $validator = Validator::make($request_input, $rules); $validator->after(function ($validator) use ($somethingElseIsInvalid) { if ($somethingElseIsInvalid) { foreach ($somethingElseIsInvalid as $err) { $validator->errors()->add( $err[0], $err[1] ); } } }); if ($validator->fails()) { $errors['errors'] = json_decode($validator->errors(), true); // throw new ValidationException($validator, apiResponse(0, 'request validation error', $errors)); throw new ValidationException($validator, apiResponse2(0,'validation_error', 'request validation error', $errors)); } } }