$titleRule, 'description' => 'between:1,5000', 'stop_processing' => 'boolean', 'rule_group_id' => 'required|belongsToUser:rule_groups', 'trigger' => 'required|in:store-journal,update-journal', 'rule-trigger.*' => 'required|in:' . join(',', $validTriggers), 'rule-trigger-value.*' => 'required|min:1|ruleTriggerValue', 'rule-action.*' => 'required|in:' . join(',', $validActions), ]; // since Laravel does not support this stuff yet, here's a trick. for ($i = 0; $i < 10; $i++) { $rules['rule-action-value.' . $i] = 'required_if:rule-action.' . $i . ',' . $contextActions . '|ruleActionValue'; } return $rules; } }