hot-tip-same-validation-rule.md

Same Validation Rule

Laravel includes a same validation rule that is very similar to the confirmed rule, but gives you much more flexibility if needed.

Using the confirmed rule, the confirmation field's name must match the original field's name with _confirmation appended. Using the same rule, the field names can be completely different.

// Using the `confirmed` rule
request()->validate([
    'password' => 'confirmed'
]);

// Using the `same` rule
request()->validate([
    'password' => 'same:password_confirmation'
]);

// `same` can be used with any two fields, regardless of their names
request()->validate([
    'some_field' => 'same:some_other_field'
]);