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laravel validation eloquent PHP

I've spent hours debugging this and I'm working with an scenario with a custom validation rule in Laravel 10. I've created a unique validation rule that checks if an email address is already in use, but it doesn't seem to work as expected when I try to update a user record. The rule is supposed to allow the current user's email address to pass the validation check, but it fails with the behavior message `The email has already been taken.` even when the email hasn't changed. Here’s the validation logic I’m using in my controller: ```php public function update(Request $request, User $user) { $request->validate([ 'email' => ['required', 'email', Rule::unique('users')->ignore($user->id)], // This line ]); $user->update($request->all()); return redirect()->route('users.index')->with('success', 'User updated successfully.'); } ``` The `ignore` method should exclude the current user's id from the unique check, but it doesn't seem to be working. I've also checked the database, and the email is not duplicated. I tried dumping the `$user->id` right before the validation to ensure it's correct, and it outputs the expected ID. Additionally, I noticed that the validation fails only when the email field is included in the update request, which makes me think it might be something related to how Laravel handles the unique check in the context of an update. Has anyone encountered similar behavior or know how to resolve this scenario? Any help would be greatly appreciated! Any help would be greatly appreciated!