Laravel sometimes validation rule

Question

I am trying to validate a password field only if it is present. I want to allow someone to edit a user and they may or may not want to change the users password. So I thought I

Answer 1

"I am trying to validate a password field only if it is present."

To do this, you can use the "nullable" rule within the validation system.

For example:

$this->validate($request, [
    'password' => 'sometimes|nullable|min:8',
]);

For more information take a look at https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/validation section under "A Note On Optional Fields"