If you want to change default validation error message for specific field and specific validation rule, just add a messages() method into your FormRequest class.
class StoreUserRequest extends FormRequest{ public function rules() { return ['name' => 'required']; } public function messages() { return ['name.required' => 'User name should be real name']; }}
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