Validate select form in laravel

Question

I have this html on my contact form:


     Type of website?

How can I validate and pass data of this field in email?

Currently I have this:



      Type

And I validate and pass it like this:

$data = array(
        'type' => $request->type,
      );

but that's input field what I want is my first sample (select box), so I'm not sure how to do it!

thanks.

user_8427094 · Answer

This will work perfectly.

$rules = [
    'selType' => 'required|in:Business,Company,Personal,Online Shopping,Others'
];

user_12682508 · Answer

In Laravel 8 i use this, i found out that if you change the value to an other value trough inspect element 'yes i know this sounds funky' still can be inserted into the validator and pass. Here's the solution

Select:

Validator:

$this->validate($request, [
    'selType' => 'required|in:Business,Company,Personal,Online Shopping,Others'
]);

Just enter the values that the validator must pass, all other values will not pass

user_11554015 · Answer

if you want to check if the selected value is exist in your table's column you can check it like this example

for above selection

'Business_Type' => 'required|my_business ,type'

This will make sure the selected value exists for example in the my_business table on the type column. if you select the first option it will return the error

The selected type is invalid.

user_16155054 · Answer

You should put Value in each option The first one should be

value=""

and the rest put the values of them like this

Validate select form in laravel

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