How to validate exact words in Laravel?

Question

Does the validation class in Laravel validate exact words?

eg

$rules = [
           \"field\" => \"hello\"
         ]

Where the val

Answer 1

Yes. I know of at least two ways.

// option one: 'in' takes a comma-separated list of acceptable values
$rules = [
    'field' => 'in:hello',
];

// option two: write a matching regular expression
$rules = [
    'field' => 'regex:^hello$',
];

Actually, I don't remember if you need the ^$ delimiters in the regex, but it's easy to find out by trying it. :)