Skipping validation

Sometimes you don't want properties to be automatically validated, for instance when you're manually overwriting the rules method like this:

class SongData extends Data { public function __construct( public string $name, ) { } public static function fromRequest(Request $request): static{ return new self("{$request->input('first_name')} {$request->input('last_name')}") } public static function rules(): array { return [ 'first_name' => ['required', 'string'], 'last_name' => ['required', 'string'], ]; } } 

When a request is being validated, the rules will look like this:

[ 'name' => ['required', 'string'], 'first_name' => ['required', 'string'], 'last_name' => ['required', 'string'], ] 

We know we never want to validate the name property since it won't be in the request payload, this can be done as such:

class SongData extends Data { public function __construct( #[WithoutValidation] public string $name, ) { } } 

Now the validation rules will look like this:

[ 'first_name' => ['required', 'string'], 'last_name' => ['required', 'string'], ] 

##Skipping validation for all properties

By using data factories or setting the validation_strategy in the data.php config you can skip validation for all properties of a data class.