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

Method updated for Laravel 5.5. https://laravel.com/docs/5.5/validation#rule-in

// 'in' takes an array of values

$rules = [
    'field' => [ Rule::in('hello')]
];

Use Rule; namespace in your controller to access Rule class (Illuminate\Validation\Rule)