/** * Retrieve the rules necessary for updating user profile information. * This use-case is unique in such that, if the password fields are empty, * we don't need to validate them, as the user is not changing their password. * * @param array $input */ public function __construct(array $input = []) { parent::__construct($input); if ($input['password'] == null || $input['password'] == "") { unset($this->rules['password']); unset($this->rules['passwordConfirmation']); } }
/** * Validates the rules provided either by a custom method or on the class against the user input provided. * * @throws ValidationException * @return boolean */ public function validate() { $validator = ValidatorFacade::make($this->getInput(), $this->getRules()); if ($validator->fails()) { throw new ValidationException($validator); } return true; }