Here we will see how to validate after_or_equal date validation in laravel. We are going to see after_or_equal date validation example in laravel. We will talk about laravel after_or_equal date validation example.

The field under validation must be a value after or equal to the given date.The field under validation must be a value after or equal a given date. The dates will be passed into the strtotime PHP function:

Given below is the solution and full example. So let's see the example.



Solution:

$request->validate([

    'start_date' => 'required',

    'end_date' => 'required|date|after_or_equal:start_date'

]);




Add Route

Route::get('after-equal-date',[ValidationController::class,'create']);
Route::post('store-after-equal-date',[ValidationController::class,'store'])->name('store-after-equal-date');




Create ValidationController

In this step, you can create a new controller as ValidationController. So open terminal and run this artisan command:

php artisan make:controller ValidationController
namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class ValidationController extends Controller
{
    public function afterEqualDate()
    {
        return view('validation.afterEqualDate');
    }

    public function afterEqualDateStore(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
            'start_date' => 'required',
            'end_date' => 'required|date|after_or_equal:start_date'
        ]);
    }
}




Create View file

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
    <title>Laravel after_or_equal Date Validation Example</title>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.5.3/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha512-oc9+XSs1H243/FRN9Rw62Fn8EtxjEYWHXRvjS43YtueEewbS6ObfXcJNyohjHqVKFPoXXUxwc+q1K7Dee6vv9g==" crossorigin="anonymous" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js" integrity="sha512-bLT0Qm9VnAYZDflyKcBaQ2gg0hSYNQrJ8RilYldYQ1FxQYoCLtUjuuRuZo+fjqhx/qtq/1itJ0C2ejDxltZVFg==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.5.3/js/bootstrap.min.js" integrity="sha512-8qmis31OQi6hIRgvkht0s6mCOittjMa9GMqtK9hes5iEQBQE/Ca6yGE5FsW36vyipGoWQswBj/QBm2JR086Rkw==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.9.0/css/bootstrap-datepicker.min.css" integrity="sha512-mSYUmp1HYZDFaVKK//63EcZq4iFWFjxSL+Z3T/aCt4IO9Cejm03q3NKKYN6pFQzY0SBOr8h+eCIAZHPXcpZaNw==" crossorigin="anonymous" />
    <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/bootstrap-datepicker/1.9.0/js/bootstrap-datepicker.min.js" integrity="sha512-T/tUfKSV1bihCnd+MxKD0Hm1uBBroVYBOYSk1knyvQ9VyZJpc/ALb4P0r6ubwVPSGB2GvjeoMAJJImBG12TiaQ==" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>
</head>
<body>
    <div class="container mt-5">
        <div class="row">
            <div class="col-md-8 offset-2 mt-5">
                <div class="card">
                    <div class="card-header bg-info text-white">
                        <h3><strong>Laravel after_or_equal Date Validation Example</strong></h3>
                    </div>
                    <div class="card-body">
                        <form action="{{ route('store-after-equal-date') }}" method="post">
                            @csrf
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <label>Start Date :</label>
                                <input class="datepicker form-control" name="start_date" value="{{ old('start_date') }}">
                                @if($errors->has('start_date'))
                                    <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('start_date') }}</span>
                                @endif
                            </div>
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <label>End Date :</label>
                                <input class="datepicker form-control" name="end_date" value="{{ old('end_date') }}">
                                @if($errors->has('end_date'))
                                    <span class="text-danger">{{ $errors->first('end_date') }}</span>
                                @endif
                            </div>
                            <div class="form-group">
                                <button class="btn btn-success btn-sm">Save</button>
                            </div>
                        </form>
                    </div>
                </div>
            </div>
        </div>
    </div>
    <script type="text/javascript">
        $('.datepicker').datepicker({
            autoclose: true
        });
        $('.end-date').datepicker({
            autoclose: true
        });
    </script>
</body>
</html>



I hope this example helps you.