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Forms and Validation in Laravel

Handle form submissions and validate data using Laravel’s validation system.

Ryan Cooper
September 27, 2025
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Laravel provides clean validation APIs.

Example form

<form method="post" action="/posts">
  @csrf
  <input name="title">
  <textarea name="body"></textarea>
  <button>Save</button>
</form>

Controller validation

public function store(Request $request) {
  $data = $request->validate([
    'title' => 'required|min:3',
    'body' => 'required|min:10',
  ]);

  Post::create($data);
  return redirect('/posts');
}

Flow

flowchart TD
  A[Submit] --> B[Validate]
  B -->|OK| C[Save]
  B -->|Fail| D[Errors]

In the next tutorial, we will implement authentication for users.

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