👀 Views: 337 💬 Answers: 1 📅 Created: 2025-06-09

laravel validation conditional-validation PHP

I'm trying to figure out I tried several approaches but none seem to work. I'm working with a scenario with conditional validation in Laravel 10 when creating a form that relies on the state of a related model. My setup includes a `User` model and a `Profile` model, where the `Profile` is associated with the `User`. I want to ensure that when a user updates their profile, if the profile's `is_complete` field is `true`, the `bio` field must be filled out. Here's the validation rule I've implemented: ```php $request->validate([ 'bio' => 'required_if:profile.is_complete,true', ]); ``` However, I'm getting an unexpected behavior message stating that the `bio` field is required even when the `is_complete` field is `false`. I've double-checked that the relationship between the `User` and `Profile` models is correctly set up and that I am passing the correct data through the request. The related profile is being fetched properly: ```php $user = User::with('profile')->find($userId); ``` When I dump the values of `profile.is_complete`, it returns as expected, but the validation seems not to respect that state. I've also tried to debug using the `dd()` function before validation to ensure the correct data is being passed: ```php dd($user->profile->is_complete); ``` This outputs the correct boolean value, but still, the validation fails. Is there a specific way to access the related model's fields for conditional validation that I'm missing? Any insights on how I can resolve this scenario would be greatly appreciated! Thanks for taking the time to read this!