<?php namespace App\Rules; use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Rule; use App\Models\Category; class isNameForCategoryAvaiable implements Rule { /** * Create a new rule instance. * * @return void */ public function __construct() { // } /** * Determine if the validation rule passes. * * @param string $attribute * @param mixed $value * @return bool */ public function passes($attribute, $value) { $category = Category::where('name', $value)->get(); return (count($category) === 0) ? true : false; } /** * Get the validation error message. * * @return string */ public function message() { return 'Category with this name ia already exists.'; } }