use Enigma\ValidatorTrait; class User extends Model { use ValidatorTrait; /**  * Boot method.  */ public static function boot() { parent::boot(); // Add this method for validating the current model on model saving event static::validateOnSaving(); } public $validationRules = [ 'name' => 'required|max:10', 'email' => 'required|email', ]; public $validationMessages = [ 'name.required' => 'Name field is required.', 'email.email' => 'The given email is in invalid format.', ]; public $validationAttributes = [ 'name' => 'User Name' ]; /**  * Code to be executed before the validation goes here.  */ public function beforeValidation() { // Some code goes here.. } /**  * Code to be executed after the validation goes here.  */ public function afterValidation() { // Some code goes here.. } }

/**  * Validation data to be validated.  *  * @return array  */ public function validationData(array $data) { // Here $data is the value of $this->getAttributes(), feel free to use your own code to produce the data. Ex: $this->toArray(), $this->getOriginal(), etc., $data["name"] = strtolower($data["name"]); // Note: This wouldn't affect your actual model data which is going to persist in DB. return $data; }

/**  * Validation rules to validate.  *  * @return array  */ public function validationRules() { // You can process your code here and return the rules as however you want. return [ 'name' => 'required|max:10', 'email' => 'required|email', ]; } /**  * Custom messages to replace the validation messages.  *  * @return array  */ public function validationMessages() { // You can process your code here and return the messages as however you want. return [ 'name.required' => 'Name field is required.', 'email.email' => 'The given email is in invalid format.', ]; } /**  * Custom attribute names to replace the validation attribute name.  *  * @return array  */ public function validationAttributes() { return [ 'name' => 'User Name' ]; }

/**  * Boot method.  */ public static function boot() { parent::boot(); // You can mention like this for validating the model on custom events as your wish self::creating(function($model){ $model->validate(); }); // Or you can make use of the alias `self::validateOnCreating()`. }