From 6881bdaf027fdfd8b90db4fe1bd61c1c606c43f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jason Walton <jwalton512@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2012 09:18:42 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Added required_with validation rule to conditionally require
 an attribute based on the presence of another attribute

Signed-off-by: Jason Walton <jwalton512@gmail.com>
---
 laravel/documentation/validation.md |  3 +++
 laravel/validator.php               | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/laravel/documentation/validation.md b/laravel/documentation/validation.md
index 49401439..528cea75 100644
--- a/laravel/documentation/validation.md
+++ b/laravel/documentation/validation.md
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@ #### Validate that an attribute is present and is not an empty string:
 
 	'name' => 'required'
 
+#### Validate that an attribute is present, when another attribute is present:
+	'last_name' => 'required_with:first_name'
+
 <a name="rule-alpha"></a>
 ### Alpha, Alpha Numeric, & Alpha Dash
 
diff --git a/laravel/validator.php b/laravel/validator.php
index 3290bc17..968e94b7 100644
--- a/laravel/validator.php
+++ b/laravel/validator.php
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ protected function validatable($rule, $attribute, $value)
 	 */
 	protected function implicit($rule)
 	{
-		return $rule == 'required' or $rule == 'accepted';
+		return $rule == 'required' or $rule == 'accepted' or $rule == 'required_with';
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -257,6 +257,27 @@ protected function validate_required($attribute, $value)
 		return true;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Validate that an attribute exists in the attributes array, if another
+	 * attribute exists in the attributes array.
+	 *
+	 * @param  string  $attribute
+	 * @param  mixed   $value
+	 * @param  array   $parameters
+	 * @return bool
+	 */
+	protected function validate_required_with($attribute, $value, $parameters)
+	{
+		$other = $parameters[0];
+
+		if ($this->validate_required($other, $this->attributes[$other]))
+		{
+			return $this->validate_required($attribute, $value);
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Validate that an attribute has a matching confirmation attribute.
 	 *