How to get the id when you re validating in the model Validation unique on update using laravel

Question

 How to get the id when you're validating in the model.

'email' => 'unique:users,email_address,10'

My validation rule is in the model so how do I pass the ID of the record to the validation rule.

Here is my models/User

protected $rules_update = [
    'email_address' => 'required|email|unique:users,email_address,'.$id,
    'first_name' => "required",
    'last_name' => "required",
    'password' => "required|min:6|same:password_confirm",
    'password_confirm' => "required:min:6|same:password",
    'password_current' => "required:min:6"
];

models/BaseModel

    protected $rules = array();

public $errors;

/*
    * @data: array, Data to be validated
    * @rules: string, rule name in model 
*/

public function validate($data, $rules = "rules") {

    $validation  = Validator::make($data, $this->$rules);

    if($validation->passes()) {
        return true;
    }

    $this->errors = $validation->messages();

    return false;
}

Answer 1

Hello @kartik,

in Laravel's inbuilt auth system, the email field name is just email. Here is an example how you can validate a unique field, i.e. an email on the update:

In a Form Request, you do like this:

public function rules()
{
  return [
      'email' => 'required|email|unique:users,email,'.$this->user->id,
  ];
}

Or if you are validating your data in a controller directly:

public function update(Request $request, User $user)
{
  $request->validate([
      'email' => 'required|email|unique:users,email,'.$user->id,
  ]);
}

Hope it helps!!
Thank you!!