guillaumebriday/laravel-blog

use App\Rules\CanBeAuthor;
use Carbon\Carbon;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
class PostsRequest extends FormRequest
{
    public function authorize()
    {
        return true;
    }
 
    protected function prepareForValidation(): void
    {
        $this->merge([
            'slug' => Str::slug($this->input('title'))
        ]);
 
        $this->merge([
            'posted_at' => Carbon::parse($this->input('posted_at'))
        ]);
    }
 
    public function rules(): array
    {
        return [
            'title' => 'required',
            'content' => 'required',
            'posted_at' => 'required|date',
            'thumbnail_id' => 'nullable|exists:media,id',
            'author_id' => ['required', 'exists:users,id', new CanBeAuthor],
            'slug' => 'unique:posts,slug,' . (optional($this->post)->id ?: 'NULL'),
        ];
    }
}