public function process(Request $request)
{
// Ajax-validation is only possible, if the _formID was submitted (automatically done by the FormBuilder).
if (\Request::has('_formID')) {
// The FormBuilder should have saved the requestObject this form uses inside the session.
// We check, if it is there, and can continue only, if it is.
$sessionKeyForRequestObject = 'htmlBuilder.formBuilder.requestObjects.' . \Request::input('_formID');
if (Session::has($sessionKeyForRequestObject)) {
// Normally we assume a successful submission and return just an empty JSON-array.
$returnCode = 200;
$return = [];
// We instantiate the requestObject.
$formRequest = FormBuilderTools::getRequestObject(Session::get($sessionKeyForRequestObject));
// We instantiate a controller with the submitted request-data
// and the rules and messages from the requestObject.
$validator = Validator::make(\Request::all(), $formRequest->rules(), $formRequest->messages());
// Perform validation, extract error-messages for all fields on failure, put them inside a $return['errors']-array, and return status code 422.
if ($validator->fails()) {
$errors = [];
foreach (array_dot(\Request::all()) as $fieldName => $fieldValue) {
$fieldErrors = FormBuilderTools::extractErrorsForField($fieldName, $validator->errors()->getMessages(), \Request::all());
if (count($fieldErrors) > 0) {
$errors[FormBuilderTools::convertArrayFieldDotNotation2HtmlName($fieldName)] = $fieldErrors;
}
}
$return['errors'] = $errors;
$returnCode = 422;
}
return new JsonResponse($return, $returnCode);
}
}
}
