Here we will see how to create validation nullable in laravel. We will show example of laravel validation nullable.

The field under validation may be null.

Given below is the solution and full example for simply nullable validation in laravel.



Solution:

$request->validate([

  'phone' => 'nullable|numeric',

]);




Route : routes/web.php

Route::get('form/create','FromController@index');
Route::post('form/store','FromController@store')->name('form.store');




Controller : app/Http/Controllers/BlogController.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Blade;
use App\Models\User;
use App\Models\Post;

class FromController extends Controller
{   
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function create()
    {
        return view('form');
    }
    
    /**
     * Write code on Method
     *
     * @return response()
     */
    public function store(Request $request)
    {
        $request->validate([
          'phone' => 'nullable|numeric',
        ]);
      dd('done');
    }
}




View : resources/views/form.php

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
  <title>From</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/twitter-bootstrap/4.5.2/css/bootstrap.min.css" integrity="sha512-MoRNloxbStBcD8z3M/2BmnT+rg4IsMxPkXaGh2zD6LGNNFE80W3onsAhRcMAMrSoyWL9xD7Ert0men7vR8LUZg==" crossorigin="anonymous" />
  <script src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.5.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
  <script src="https://maxcdn.bootstrapcdn.com/bootstrap/4.5.2/js/bootstrap.min.js"></script>
</head>
<body class="bg-dark">
  <div class="container">
    <div class="row">
      <div class="col-md-6 offset-3">
        <div class="card mt-5">
          <div class="card-header">
            <div class="row">
              <div class="col-md-9">
                 Laravel Validation nullable Example
              </div>
              <div class="col-md-3 text-right">
                <a href="{{ route('form') }}" class="btn btn-sm btn-outline-primary">Back</a>
              </div>
            </div>
          </div>
          <div class="card-body">
                @if (count($errors) > 0)
                      <div class="row">
                          <div class="col-md-12">
                              <div class="alert alert-danger alert-dismissible">
                                  <button type="button" class="close" data-dismiss="alert" aria-hidden="true">×</button>
                                  @foreach($errors->all() as $error)
                                  {{ $error }} <br>
                                  @endforeach      
                              </div>
                          </div>
                      </div>
                    @endif
              <form action="{{ route('from.store') }}" method="post">
                @csrf
                <div class="row">
                  <div class="col-md-12">
                    <div class="form-group">
                      <label>Phone No:</label>
                      <input name="phone" type="text" class="form-control">
                    </div>
                  </div>
                </div>
                <div class="row">
                  <div class="col-md-12">
                    <button class="btn btn-block btn-success">Submit</button>
                  </div>
                </div>
              </form>
          </div>
        </div>
      </div>
    </div>
  </div>
</body>
</html>



I hope this example helps you.