Validation problem with "*.name" after update from Laravel 5.2.30 to next versions

[migoca]

After upgrading Laravel from 5.2.30 to .31 and next versions I have problem with these types of validations:

  public function rules()
    {
        return [
            '*.name' => 'required',
            '*.slug' => 'required|alpha_dash'
        ];
    }

I use this to validate for multiple languages: es.name, en.name, it.name, etc. But with the update the result is:

The _token.name field is required.
The _token.slug is required.

In my form i have:

{!! csrf_field() !!}
### And the inputs:
<input type="text" name="es[name]">
<input type="text" name="en[name]">
<input type="text" name="es[slug]">
<input type="text" name="en[slug]">

[taylorotwell]

@themsaid any ideas?

[themsaid]

@migoca your validation rules here state that for every form field there should be array members with keys name and slug, this includes the csrf token field _token.

I don't think this behaviour is recent, are you sure it was working differently in 5.2.30?

Anyways I suggest you use a structure like this:

<input type="text" name="post_data[es][name]">
<input type="text" name="post_data[es][slug]">

return [
    'post_data.*.name' => 'required',
    'post_data.*.slug' => 'required|alpha_dash'
];

[migoca]

Yes @themsaid in 5.2.30 these validation rules works like I expected, but when i update to 5.2.31 ..5.2.39 and fill these fields the form don't pass the validation rules and return with:
The _token.name field is required.
The _token.slug is required.

Maybe was for this pull request #13224 merged in 5.2.31, fixing data_set issue.

I like the structure that you have suggested, I will try! Thanks

[themsaid]

@migoca I'm not sure if that PR caused the change in behaviour, but anyways I think the current behaviour makes sense, when you use * at the beginning of the attribute it means any field and in this case it includes the csrf token field as well.

[migoca]

Thanks @themsaid for your help! You are right, the current behavior makes more sense.