[12.x] Handle null as a falsy condition #56612

negoziator · 2025-08-11T08:09:30Z

Handle null as a falsy condition.

The requiredIf constructor was type-improved in this commit, which no longer resolves null as a falsy value.

There's scenarios where it makes sense to handle null as a falsy value e.g

//  Some FormRequest rules
 ...
 'some_admin_key' => [new RequiredIf(user()?->isAdmin()), 'string'], // user() is null.

davidweiss2-fp · 2025-08-13T08:31:15Z

src/Illuminate/Validation/Rules/RequiredIf.php

     */
    public function __construct($condition)
    {
+        if (is_null($condition)) {


I would love to learn why is_null = false, and instead of is_empty = false.

Handle null as a falsy condition

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taylorotwell merged commit fbfe9ad into laravel:12.x Aug 11, 2025
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