Laravel Session Array Values

Question

I've just started to test out Laravel. I'm using a form with some fields and trying to validate the inputs using Laravel's built-in validator class.

$input = Input::all();
$rules = array(
        'fname' => 'required|max:100',
        'lname' => 'required|max:100',
        'email' => 'required|email',
            );
$validation = Validator::make($input, $rules);
if ($validation->fails()){
            return Redirect::to('inputform')
                            ->with('input_errors', $validation->errors);
            }

Everything goes well, and the validation check works. When validation fails, I put the errors in a session variable called input_errors and pass it to the view. My problem is that I can't seem to display the errors. I tried a foreach loop using the blade templating engine as given below:

@foreach (Session::get('input_errors') as $message)
    {{ What Should I put here? }}
@endforeach

How can I display the errors that are being returned as an array. I tried referencing it as $message[0][0] but it didn't work.

Thanks.

EDIT: Sorry, forgot to mention that I'm using Laravel 3

user1669496 · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-06 12:46:34Z

4

The correct syntax for getting the errors is...

$messages= $validation->messages();

That alone, unfortunately, is not going to return you the messages. It's going to return a MessageBag instance. This allows you to pull out any specific messages you want or all.

If you want to get all the messages, now you can do do...

$errors = $messages->all();

That will return an array you could loop through in your view to display errors. There are also methods for getting errors on a specific field such as...

$firstNameError = $messages->first('fname');

or

$firstNameErrors = $messages->get('fname');

I also suggest when sending error messages to the view, to use...

->with_errors($validation);

That will flash the errors to session and automatically assume you are sending them as an $errors variable. Then you may display the errors in your view with.

{{ $errors->first('fname') }}  // Blade approach
<?php echo $errors->first('email'); ?> // Non-blade approach

This way, you don't have to add logic to your views trying to determine if the variable exists before you should try and echo it.

http://four.laravel.com/docs/validation

edited May 6, 2013 at 12:46

answered May 2, 2013 at 17:34

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6 Comments

rahules Over a year ago

I get an error message when using withErrors, saying it is undefined function

Jamie Schembri Over a year ago

@rahules Should work. What's the actual code you're using now? Is your Laravel up-to-date?

rahules Over a year ago

It worked. I had to use with_errors instead of withErrors. I am using laravel 3.2.14 actually. Accidentally had laravel-4 as tag. Changed it and updated post.

user1669496 Over a year ago

Okay, I changed the answer to match what worked for you so people are not confused with the snake_case vs camelCase issue in Laravel 3/4.

rahules Over a year ago

Thanks. A small doubt though. Is the semicolon after the blade statements a standard? or is it just a matter of preference?

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