Laravel validation: unique rule to bring duplicated record back - mysql

Question

I have not found anywhere a clean way of what I am exactly looking for so thought to give on here a try:
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'an_id' => 'unique:users,an_id',
'another_id' => 'unique:users,another_id',
'test_id' => 'unique:users,test_id',
]);
if ($validator->fails()) {
//
}
So, what I'd like to do is when a duplicate test_id is provided, is to not only fail but show me which user uses the same test_id.
Is this actually possible through Laravel's Validation?

Answer 1

If I understand correctly, is this what you want to achieve?
Update: maybe you want to get the duplicated user in the view.
Update2: a quick way to get and return the duplicated users, if any.
(Note: I haven't tested the code so maybe slight adjustments are needed)
$validator = Validator::make($request->all(), [
'an_id' => 'unique:users,an_id',
'another_id' => 'unique:users,another_id',
'test_id' => 'unique:users,test_id',
]);
if ($validator->fails()) {
//find the duplicated user
$duplicatedUserX = User::where(
'another_id', $request->input('another_id')
)->get();
$duplicatedUserY = User::where(
'test_id', $request->input('test_id')
)->get();
// add their test_id to error messagebag.
if(!empty($duplicatedUserX){
$validator->errors()
->add('duplicatedUserXId', $duplicatedUserX->id);
}
if(!empty($duplicatedUserY){
$validator->errors()
->add('duplicatedUserYId', $duplicatedUserY->id);
}
// Send duplicated users and messagebag back to View
return redirect()->back()
->with('dupUsers', [
'x' => $duplicatedUserX,
'y' => $duplicatedUserY,
])->withErrors($validator);
}