Why doesn't the validator allow fields to be left blank?

Question

Laravel

Hello. I have this validator:

public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'content' =>'required|max:50' ,
            'port' =>'sometimes|numeric|max:5' ,
            'weight' =>'sometimes|numeric|max:5' ,
            'priority'=>'sometimes|numeric|max:2' ,
            'host'=>'required|max:30' ,
            'target'=>'sometimes|url|max:30'
        ];
    }

When the weight (or port, priority) field is not filled, I see errors

The port must be a number.
The priority must be a number.
The target format is invalid.

How can I make these fields not required?

Answer 1

Add a nullable rule .