From 472e377b02a580f81106b7a96f9e4cee3195a819 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylorotwell@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2011 15:38:59 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] fix the validation of required file uploads.

---
 laravel/validator.php | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/laravel/validator.php b/laravel/validator.php
index 1c72e184..c815f503 100644
--- a/laravel/validator.php
+++ b/laravel/validator.php
@@ -223,6 +223,10 @@ protected function validate_required($attribute, $value)
 		{
 			return false;
 		}
+		elseif ( ! is_null(Input::file($attribute)) and $value['tmp_name'] == '')
+		{
+			return false;
+		}
 
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -502,7 +506,7 @@ protected function validate_alpha_dash($attribute, $value)
 	 */
 	protected function validate_mimes($attribute, $value, $parameters)
 	{
-		if (is_array($value) and ! isset($value['tmp_name'])) return true;
+		if ( ! is_array($value) or Arr::get($value, 'tmp_name', '') == '') return true;
 
 		foreach ($parameters as $extension)
 		{