Laravel Validation - How to check if a value exists in a given array?

Question

So, okay i tried a lot of rules from validation docs but all give me same error saying

Array to string conversion

Here is how I add

Answer 1

Update: You are now able to use the Rule class instead of imploding values yourself as described in the correct answer. Simply do:

['someProperty' => ['required', Rule::in(['needed', 'stuff'])]];

As mentioned in the 'validating arrays' section in the documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/5.6/validation#validating-arrays