Validation

prepareForValidation

<?php

use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
use Smake\Common\Http\Requests\Request;

class EditUserRequest extends Request
{
    protected function prepareForValidation()
    {
        parent::prepareForValidation();

        $this->merge([
            'nickname' => $this->input('nickname', '') . ' with Love',
        ]);
    }
}

Rule::unique with ignore method on update

Adding a record:

<?php

use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
use Smake\Common\Http\Requests\Request;

class AddUserRequest extends Request
{
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'email' => [
                'required',
                'email:strict',
                'max:255',
                Rule::unique('users', 'email'),
            ],
        ];
    }
}

Update an existing record:

<?php

use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
use Smake\Common\Http\Requests\Request;

class EditUserRequest extends Request
{
    public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'email' => [
                'required',
                'email:strict',
                'max:255',
                Rule::unique('users', 'email')->ignore($this->route('userId')),
            ],
        ];
    }
}

passedValidation

<?php

use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
use Smake\Common\Http\Requests\Request;

class EditUserRequest extends Request
{
    protected function passedValidation()
    {
        $this->merge([
            'nickname' => $this->input('nickname', '') . '❤️',
        ]);

        $this->getValidatorInstance()->setData(
            collect($this->input())
                ->only(collect($this->rules()]->keys())
                ->all()
        );
    }
}