Laravel Unique Translation

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Check if a translated value in a JSON column is unique in the database.

Imagine you want store a slug for a Post model in different languages.

The amazing spatie/laravel-translatable package makes this a cinch!

But then you want to make sure each translation is unique for its language.

That's where this package comes in to play.

This package also supports spatie/nova-translatable in case you are using Laravel Nova and filamentphp/spatie-laravel-translatable-plugin in case you are using Filament.

✅ Requirements

• PHP ^7.2 or PHP ^8.0
• MySQL >= 5.7
• Laravel >= 6
• spatie/laravel-translatable ^4.4|^5.0|^6.0
• spatie/nova-translatable ^3.0
• filamentphp/spatie-laravel-translatable-plugin ^3.0

📦 Installation

Require the package via Composer:

composer require codezero/laravel-unique-translation

Laravel will automatically register the ServiceProvider.

🛠 Usage

For the following examples, I will use a slug in a posts table as the subject of our validation.

☑️ Validate a Single Translation

Your form can submit a single slug:

<input name="slug">

We can then check if it is unique in the current locale:

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug' => 'required|unique_translation:posts',
]);

You could also use the Rule instance:

use CodeZero\UniqueTranslation\UniqueTranslationRule;

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug' => ['required', UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts')],
]);

☑️ Validate an Array of Translations

Your form can also submit an array of slugs.

<input name="slug[en]">
<input name="slug[nl]">

We need to validate the entire array in this case. Mind the slug.* key.

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => 'unique_translation:posts',
    // or...
    'slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts'),
]);

☑️ Specify a Column

Maybe your form field has a name of post_slug and your database field slug:

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'post_slug.*' => 'unique_translation:posts,slug',
    // or...
    'post_slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts', 'slug'),
]);

☑️ Specify a Database Connection

If you are using multiple database connections, you can specify which one to use by prepending it to the table name, separated by a dot:

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => 'unique_translation:db_connection.posts',
    // or...
    'slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('db_connection.posts'),
]);

☑️ Ignore a Record with ID

If you're updating a record, you may want to ignore the post itself from the unique check.

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => "unique_translation:posts,slug,{$post->id}",
    // or...
    'slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts')->ignore($post->id),
]);

☑️ Ignore Records with a Specific Column and Value

If your ID column has a different name, or you just want to use another column:

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => 'unique_translation:posts,slug,ignore_value,ignore_column',
    // or...
    'slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts')->ignore('ignore_value', 'ignore_column'),
]);

☑️ Use Additional Where Clauses

You can add 4 types of where clauses to the rule.

where

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => "unique_translation:posts,slug,null,null,column,value",
    // or...
    'slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts')->where('column', 'value'),
]);

whereNot

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => "unique_translation:posts,slug,null,null,column,!value",
    // or...
    'slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts')->whereNot('column', 'value'),
]);

whereNull

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => "unique_translation:posts,slug,null,null,column,NULL",
    // or...
    'slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts')->whereNull('column'),
]);

whereNotNull

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => "unique_translation:posts,slug,null,null,column,NOT_NULL",
    // or...
    'slug.*' => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts')->whereNotNull('column'),
]);

☑️ Laravel Nova

If you are using Laravel Nova in combination with spatie/nova-translatable, then you can add the validation rule like this:

Text::make(__('Slug'), 'slug')
  ->creationRules('unique_translation:posts,slug')
  ->updateRules('unique_translation:posts,slug,{{resourceId}}');

☑️ Filament

If you are using Filament in combination with filamentphp/spatie-laravel-translatable-plugin, then you can add the validation rule like this:

TextInput::make('slug')
  ->title(__('Slug'))
  ->rules([
    UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts', 'slug')
  ])

TextInput::make('slug')
  ->title(__('Slug'))
  ->rules([
    fn (Get $get) => UniqueTranslationRule::for('posts', 'slug')->ignore($get('id'))
  ])

🖥 Example

Your existing slug column (JSON) in a posts table:

{
  "en":"not-abc",
  "nl":"abc"
}

Your form input to create a new record:

<input name="slug[en]" value="abc">
<input name="slug[nl]" value="abc">

Your validation logic:

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => 'unique_translation:posts',
]);

The result is that slug[en] is valid, since the only en value in the database is not-abc.

And slug[nl] would fail, because there already is a nl value of abc.

⚠️ Error Messages

You can pass your own error messages as normal.

When validating a single form field:

<input name="slug">

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug' => 'unique_translation:posts',
], [
    'slug.unique_translation' => 'Your custom :attribute error.',
]);

In your view you can then get the error with $errors->first('slug').

Or when validation an array:

<input name="slug[en]">

$attributes = request()->validate([
    'slug.*' => 'unique_translation:posts',
], [
    'slug.*.unique_translation' => 'Your custom :attribute error.',
]);

In your view you can then get the error with $errors->first('slug.en') (en being your array key).

🚧 Testing

vendor/bin/phpunit

☕️ Credits

• Ivan Vermeyen
• All contributors

🔓 Security

If you discover any security related issues, please e-mail me instead of using the issue tracker.

📑 Changelog

A complete list of all notable changes to this package can be found on the releases page.

📜 License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.