how to set form validation in laravel | laravel.

 In your controller set this code after form post :-


 $rules = array(
        'categoryname'                => 'required|alpha',
        'childrenacceptjesus'         => 'required|numeric',
        'file'                        => 'required|max:10000',
        'childrengraduated'           => 'required|numeric|max:450',
        'email'                       => 'required|email|unique:users',
        'username'                    => 'required|min:6|unique:users',
        'password'                    => 'required|confirmed|min:6'
        'pda'                         => 'required|unique:forms',
        'password'                    => 'required|min:8|confirmed',
        'password_confirmation'       => 'required|min:8',

    );

$data = Input::all();

$validation = Validator::make ($data, $rules);

        if ($validation->passes())
        {

                         //true

                } else

                      {
                           //false
                      }