<?php namespace App\Http\Requests\Api\Application\Nodes; use App\Models\Node; class UpdateNodeRequest extends StoreNodeRequest { /** * Apply validation rules to this request. Uses the parent class rules() * function but passes in the rules for updating rather than creating. */ public function rules(?array $rules = null): array { /** @var Node $node */ $node = $this->route()->parameter('node'); return parent::rules(Node::getRulesForUpdate($node)); } }