Laravel 4: Validate start and end date with before and after validation

Question

I want to validate two date fields in a form which is from_date and end_date. Need to check from_date is less than end_date.

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Answer 1

Please use the below code in laravel 5.2 and it works fine for validating start and end date.

$this->validate($request, [
            'start_date' => 'required|before:end_date',
            'end_date' => 'required',

        ]);