---
title: How To Validate Forms With Laravel Part2
date: 2014-03-22 00:00:00
featured_image: https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1568990600861-038159d19fce?q=90&fm=jpg&w=1000&fit=max
excerpt: We discussed before how to create forms with laravel and then how to build validation rules. Now let's see how to access error messages from form view.
---
We discussed before how to create forms with laravel and then how to build validation rules. Now let's see how to access error messages from form view.
We need to create simple form so create new file in `app/views/` and name it `form.blade.php` then create two routes, One for form view and another for form submission. You can explore the following code.
```html
Laravel
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'form-submit')) }}
{{ Form::label('username','Username',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::text('username','',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::label('email','Email',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::email('email','',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::submit('Save') }}
{{ Form::reset('Reset') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
```
```php
Route::get('form', function(){
//render app/views/form.blade.php
return View::make('form');
});
Route::post('form-submit', function(){
//get all inputs
$inputs = Input::all();
//create array of validation rules
$rules = array(
'username'=>'required|alpha_dash|min:4|max:35',
'email'=>'required|email'
);
//validate inputs
$validator = Validator::make($inputs,$rules);
if($validator->passes()){
//inputs valid
echo 'Well';
}else{
//return to form view with errors
return Redirect::to('form')->withErrors($validator);
}
});
```
All error messages exist in `$errors` variable. You don't have to check for its existance as it automatically added to our form view. As you can see i used `withErrors()` method to add form errors to errors object in form view. Here's how to access errors in form view.
```html
Laravel
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'form-submit')) }}
@foreach($errors->all() as $error)
- {{ $error }}
@endforeach
{{ Form::label('username','Username',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::text('username','',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::label('email','Email',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::email('email','',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::submit('Save') }}
{{ Form::reset('Reset') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
```
Go a head and visit `http://localhost//public/form` and submit form to check how errors shown.
We can use `get()` method to retrieve array of errors for single field. Here's how to access email field errors and username field errors separately.
```html
Laravel
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'form-submit')) }}
@foreach($errors->get('username') as $error)
- {{ $error }}
@endforeach
{{ Form::label('username','Username',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::text('username','',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
@foreach($errors->get('email') as $error)
- {{ $error }}
@endforeach
{{ Form::label('email','Email',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::email('email','',array('id'=>'','class'=>'')) }}
{{ Form::submit('Save') }}
{{ Form::reset('Reset') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
```
Go a head and visit `http://localhost//public/form` and submit form to check how errors shown.