Handling complex nested validation in Laravel 9 with custom rules
After trying multiple solutions online, I still can't figure this out. I'm working with an scenario with validating deeply nested input data in my Laravel 9 application. Specifically, I have a request structure like this: ```json { "user": { "name": "John Doe", "email": "john@example.com", "settings": { "notifications": { "email": true, "sms": false } } } } ``` I want to apply validation rules to both the `user` level fields and the `settings.notifications` nested fields. I've created a form request class and defined the validation rules like so: ```php public function rules() { return [ 'user.name' => 'required|string|max:255', 'user.email' => 'required|email', 'user.settings.notifications.email' => 'required|boolean', 'user.settings.notifications.sms' => 'required|boolean', ]; } ``` However, when I submit the form, I get the behavior message 'The user.settings.notifications is invalid.' It seems like Laravel is unable to correctly parse the nested properties for validation. I've tried using the `array` validation rule on the `user.settings` level but that didn't resolve the scenario. Is there a specific approach to validating nested structures like this in Laravel 9? Any guidance on how to properly structure these validation rules would be greatly appreciated. Is there a better approach?