to get custom error message you need to pass custom error message on third parameter,like that $this->validate( $request, [‘thing’ => ‘required’], [‘thing.required’ => ‘this is my custom error message for required’] );
As of v5.2.27, released on 2015-03-25, all routes in app\Http\routes.php are now in the web middleware group by default. If you have explicitly specified this middleware group inside your app\Http\routes.php file, you should remove it and that should resolve your issue.
Laravel 5.7.* Also You can try something like this. For me is the easiest way to make custom messages in methods when you want to validate requests: public function store() { request()->validate([ ‘file’ => ‘required’, ‘type’ => ‘required’ ], [ ‘file.required’ => ‘You have to choose the file!’, ‘type.required’ => ‘You have to choose type … Read more
You should make sure that in app/Http/Kernel.php in middlewareGroups property for web you have: \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class, in this array. Compare this with https://github.com/laravel/laravel/blob/master/app/Http/Kernel.php EDIT It seems you need to add ‘middleware’ => ‘web’ for route you are using or put \Illuminate\View\Middleware\ShareErrorsFromSession::class, into $middleware property array or Inside of the routes.php file try to create your routes … Read more
Use Validator class use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator; $rules = [ ‘name’ => ‘required’, ’email’ => ‘required|email, ]; $messages = [ ‘name.required’ => ‘The :attribute is required’, ’email.required’ => ‘The :attribute is required’, ’email.email’ => ‘The :attribute is not valid’, ]; $validator = Validator::make($request->all(), $rules, $messages); if ($validator->fails()) { return Redirect::back()->withErrors($validator)->withInput(); } else { `enter code here` }