How to validate exact words in Laravel

Question

Does the validation class in Laravel validate exact words?

eg

$rules = [
           "field" => "hello"
         ]

Where the value of the field must be "hello".

Answer 1

Hello,

Try this code:

// option one: 'in' takes a comma-separated list of acceptable values
$rules = [
    'field' => 'in:hello',
];

// option two: write a matching regular expression
$rules = [
    'field' => 'regex:^hello$',
];