/** * Validate a given attribute against a rule. * * @param string $attribute * @param string $rule * @return void */ protected function validate($attribute, $rule) { list($rule, $parameters) = $this->parseRule($rule);

    if ($rule == '') return;

    // We will get the value for the given attribute from the array of data and then
    // verify that the attribute is indeed validatable. Unless the rule implies
    // that the attribute is required, rules are not run for missing values.
    $value = $this->getValue($attribute);

    $validatable = $this->isValidatable($rule, $attribute, $value);

    $method = "validate{$rule}";

    $invoke = $this->$method($attribute, $value, $parameters, $this);

    // If a validation of array mesage then the insertion of error message
    // need to be customized
    if (substr($method, -7) == 'OrArray')
    {
        if ($validatable && count($invoke) > 0)
        {
            $this->addArrayFailure($attribute, $rule, $parameters, $invoke);
        }
    }
    else
    {
        if ($validatable && ! $invoke)
        {
            $this->addFailure($attribute, $rule, $parameters);
        }
    }
}

/**
 * Get the validation message for an attribute and rule.
 *
 * @param  string  $attribute
 * @param  string  $rule
 * @return string
 */
protected function getMessage($attribute, $rule)
{
    if (substr($rule, -7) == 'OrArray')
    {
        $rule = substr($rule, 0, -7);
    }

    return parent::getMessage($attribute, $rule);
}

/**
 * Add a failed rule and error message of an array validation to the collection.
 *
 * @param  string  $attribute
 * @param  string  $rule
 * @param  array   $parameters
 * @return void
 */
protected function addArrayFailure($attribute, $rule, $parameters, $positions)
{
    // Insert default error, so user can use MessageBag
    // {{ $errors->first('attribute', '<span>:message</span>') }}
    // like always is
    $this->addError($attribute, $rule, $parameters);
    $this->failedRules[$attribute][$rule] = $parameters;

    // Customized the error message to enhance the knowledge of
    // at which point of the array, did the validation fails, hence
    // instead of unknowingly detecting which one is false, now it will
    // explicitly tell you at which position using array dot notation:
    //
    //          {attribute}.{position} e.g.: telephone.1
    //
    foreach($positions as $position)
    {
        $this->addArrayError($attribute, $rule, $parameters, $position);
        $this->failedRules[$attribute.'.'.$position][$rule] = $parameters;
    }
}

/**
 * Add an error message to the validator's collection of messages.
 *
 * @param  string  $attribute
 * @param  string  $rule
 * @param  array   $parameters
 * @return void
 */
protected function addArrayError($attribute, $rule, $parameters, $position)
{
    $message = $this->getMessage($attribute, $rule);

    $message = $this->doReplacements($message, $attribute, $rule, $parameters);

    $this->messages->add($attribute.'_'.$position, $message);
}