JsValidator Class

A Proengsoft\JsValidation\JsValidator instance is returned by the Facade methods.

The mainly use of this object is to provide the converted rules and messages to the view, for propper rendering of Javascript code.

To customize the view refer to Javascript Rendering and JQuery Validation Plugin documentation.

• Arrayable interface
• public function render()
• public function __toString()

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Arrayable interface

This class implements Illuminate\Contracts\Support\Arrayable interface tho provide validation data to view. This keys are provided:

• selector JQuery selector to find the form to validate.
• rules JQuery Validation Plugin rules to validate the form
• messages Messages displayed when validation fails.

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render($view, $selector)

Render the specified view with validator data

Arguments

• $view (lluminate\Contracts\View\View|string|null) View used to render the Javascript initialization code. Optional, view definned in Configuration will be used by default.

• $selector (string|null) JQuery Selector used to select the form to be validated. Optional, selector defined in Configuration will be used by default.

Return

• string. the html and Javascript code to initialize the validators.

Example

Controller

    $validator = JsValidator::make(['name' => 'required|min:5']);
    // ...
    return view('my-form-view', ['validator'=>$validator]);

View

    <form>
        <input name="name" />
    </form>
    {!! $validator->render('my-custom-javascript-view', '#my-morm-id') !!}

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__toString()

When this class is converted to string is called render method with default view and selector

    public function __toString()
    {
         return $this->render();
    }