Why nothing happens when using the custom Request class in the controller's store method?

Question

Laravel

There is a store method of the PostController controller:

PostController.php

public function store(StorePostRequest $request)
    {
        try {
            $validator = $request->validated();
            if ($validator->fails()) {
                return redirect()->route('dashboard.posts.create')
                            ->withErrors($validator)
                            ->withInput();
            }
            dd($validator);
            $post = new Post;
            $post->title = $validator->title;
            $post->slug = $validator->slug;
            $post->save();
            return redirect()->route('dashboard.posts.create')->with('success', 'Пост успешно добавлен.');
        } catch (\Exception $e) {
            dd($e->getMessage());
        }
    }

There is a Request class in which the fields are validated:

StorePostRequest.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests\Post;

use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Rule;

class StorePostRequest extends FormRequest
{
    public function authorize()
    {
        return auth()->check() && $this->user()->hasRole('admin');
    }

    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'slug' => 'required|string|unique:posts',
            'title' => 'required|string|max:255'
        ];
    }
}

I create a record (the number of fields is more than should be validated), but all the time there is a redirect back to the post creation form (and even if you do not specify route()), the method dd()does not work, I went through Stackoverflow, many who had a similar problem, it is usually solved by indicating in the controller, but everything is fine with me in this regard, I don’t know what to catch on to determine what the problem might be. In what all the same there can be a problem? use App\Http\Requests\Post\StorePostRequest;

Answer 1

If you read the documentation, you would know that form request validation is applied automatically when a controller method is called, i.e. business does not even reach your strange code. But you do not read the documentation and give birth to crutches with splinters.