Merge pull request #1554 from theideapeople/patch/doc-rule-arrays

taylorotwell · taylorotwell · commit 0993552c0af2 · 2013-01-05T11:16:53.000-08:00
Added documentation for validating arrays.
diff --git a/laravel/documentation/validation.md b/laravel/documentation/validation.md
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ Now you are familiar with the basic usage of the Validator class. You're ready t
 - [E-Mail Addresses](#rule-email)
 - [URLs](#rule-url)
 - [Uploads](#rule-uploads)
+- [Arrays](#rule-arrays)
 
 <a name="rule-required"></a>
 ### Required
@@ -245,6 +246,29 @@ The *mimes* rule validates that an uploaded file has a given MIME type. This rul
 
 	'picture' => 'image|max:100'
 
+<a name="rule-arrays"></a>
+### Arrays
+
+#### Validate that an attribute is an array
+
+	'categories' => 'array'
+
+#### Validate that an attribute is an array, and has exactly 3 elements
+
+	'categories' => 'array|count:3'
+
+#### Validate that an attribute is an array, and has between 1 and 3 elements
+
+	'categories' => 'array|countbetween:1,3'
+
+#### Validate that an attribute is an array, and has at least 2 elements
+
+	'categories' => 'array|countmin:2'
+
+#### Validate that an attribute is an array, and has at most 2 elements
+
+	'categories' => 'array|countmax:2'
+
 <a name="retrieving-error-messages"></a>
 ## Retrieving Error Messages
 
@@ -321,11 +345,11 @@ This will also work great when we need to conditionally add classes when using s
 For example, if the email address failed validation, we may want to add the "error" class from Bootstrap to our *div class="control-group"* statement.
 
 	<div class="control-group {{ $errors->has('email') ? 'error' : '' }}">
-	
+
 When the validation fails, our rendered view will have the appended *error* class.
 
 	<div class="control-group error">
-	
+
 
 
 <a name="custom-error-messages"></a>
