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kmuenkel/validation-patch
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Correct for various issues in Laravel Validation

1.0.2(5y ago)0189MITPHP

Since Nov 30Pushed 5y ago1 watchersCompare

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Enhanced Validation
===================

[](#enhanced-validation)

For all fixes, simply including `ValidationPatch\ValidationPatchServiceProvider` in your `app` config will allow them to take effect automatically.

### Fixes

[](#fixes)

1. **Dots in field names**: Laravel offers the ability to escape dots in field names so that they're not mistaken for dot-delimiters for nested arrays. However, this did not apply to field references within in rules such as `required_with` or `exclude_unless`. This corrects for that.
2. **Forward slashes in field names**: Due to a parsing errors, field names that had forward slashes, such as URI claims, would cause an error. These are now supported.
3. **`required` only active if parent exists**: If a nested array element carried an incarnation of the `required` rule, it would be executed even if the parent element were optional. With this package, nested requirements only fire if the parent exists.
4. **Custom Rule Message Placeholders**: Allow `Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule::message()` output to be respected when aliased via `Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator::extend()`. Also allow those messages to contain placeholders such as `"attribute"` or `":input"`.

###  Health Score

25

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LowBetter than 37% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community4

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity55

Maturing project, gaining track record

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

3

Last Release

1987d ago

### Community

Maintainers

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laravelvalidationfix

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