Laravel 9: advanced patterns with Conditional Validation Rules in Form Requests
I'm having a hard time understanding I've hit a wall trying to I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm sure I'm missing something obvious here, but I'm working with an scenario with conditional validation rules in my Laravel 9 application. I'm trying to validate a form where certain fields are only required if a checkbox is checked. Here’s the relevant part of my `FormRequest`: ```php public function rules() { return [ 'name' => 'required|string|max:255', 'email' => 'required|email|max:255', 'subscribe' => 'boolean', 'newsletter_email' => 'required_if:subscribe,true|email|max:255', ]; } ``` The `newsletter_email` field should only be validated if the `subscribe` checkbox is checked. However, even when the checkbox is unchecked, I'm still getting validation errors if I leave the `newsletter_email` field empty. The behavior message I receive is `The newsletter email field is required when subscribe is true.` I’ve confirmed that the request data is coming through correctly, and I even tried dumping the request to check the values: ```php dd($this->all()); ``` This shows that `subscribe` is indeed `false`. I've also tried using `sometimes` instead of `required_if` but that doesn't seem to resolve the scenario either. I’m not sure if I’m missing something in the setup or if there’s an underlying scenario with how the validation is being handled. I've checked the Laravel documentation and verified that my syntax is correct. Can anyone guide to figure out why the validation fails in this scenario? Also, I’m using Laravel 9.1.0, just in case there are any known issues with this version regarding validation rules. This is part of a larger application I'm building. This is my first time working with Php latest. How would you solve this? For reference, this is a production microservice. Am I approaching this the right way?