I have two column ‘book_name’ & ‘writer’ in ‘books’ table. When new data insert i want to check the same book and writer not will be added. But i dont understand how to do this. here is my code.
public function rules()
{
return [
'book_name' => 'required|unique:books,book_name,' . $this->id,
'writer' => 'required|unique:books,writer,' . $this->id,
];
}
2
Answers
According to laravel documentation, unique rule is applied by defining the rule, stating the table and column name e.g.
alternativelly if you’re using eloquent models it can be
The
. $this->id
constructor should not be needed.