Why does laravel validator skip empty image array?

Question

Laravel

Hello here is the code

$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
            'image.*' => 'required|image',
            'descr.*' => 'string|nullable|max:10000',
            'board.*' => 'integer',
            'link.*' => 'url|nullable'
        ]);

        if ($validator->fails()) {
            return redirect('/upload')->withErrors($validator);
        }

accepts an array of images from the form and for some reason skips if the array is empty.

Answer 1

$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
            'image' => 'required',
            'image.*' => 'image',
            'descr.*' => 'string|nullable|max:10000',
            'board.*' => 'integer',
            'link.*' => 'url|nullable'
        ]);

        if ($validator->fails()) {
            return redirect('/upload')->withErrors($validator);
        }

I did it like this, everything works

Answer 2

'image' => 'required|array'