boolean validation accepts 0 & 1 ints. | Laravel | Page 1

junior falcon Sep 23, 2023, 3:49 AM

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The boolean rule ex:

$validator = Validator::make($data, [
  "is_public" => ["required", "boolean"],
  //...
]);

$validator->validated(); // is_public can be type int, 0 or 1.

accepts JSON {"is_public": 0}
The validated array can have ints, and possibly other types I haven't discovered yet.

Is there a nice way to validate + ensure the is_public field is type boolean?

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Is it all the same when it's saved to the DB?

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maybe that's why laravel does this

rigid juniper Sep 23, 2023, 3:51 AM

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0 1 and true / false both eval as boolean

junior falcon Sep 23, 2023, 3:51 AM

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yes but I think it'd be nice to get a boolean if I validate that it's a boolean

rigid juniper Sep 23, 2023, 3:52 AM

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ya I guess their boolean is more just "truthy" than cast

#boolean validation accepts 0 & 1 ints.