public function append($rule, $value)
    {
        if (isset($this->rules[$rule])) {
            $existing = $this->rules[$rule];

            // String rules are transformed into an array,
            // so they can be easily merged. Laravel's Validator
            // accepts rules as arrays or strings.
            if (! is_array($existing)) $existing = explode('|', $existing);
            if (! is_array($value)) $value = explode('|', $value);

            $this->rules[$rule] = implode('|', array_unique(array_merge($existing, $value)));
        }

        return $this;
    }
public function append($rule, $value)
    {
        if (isset($this->rules[$rule])) {
            $existing = $this->rules[$rule];

            // String rules are transformed into an array,
            // so they can be easily merged. Laravel's Validator
            // accepts rules as arrays or strings.
            if (! is_array($existing)) $existing = explode('|', $existing);
            if (! is_array($value)) $value = explode('|', $value);

            $this->rules[$rule] = implode('|', array_unique(array_merge($existing, $value)));
        }

        return $this;
    }
public function append ( $ rule , $ value ) { if ( isset ( $ this -> rules [ $ rule ] ) ) { $ existing = $ this -> rules [ $ rule ] ; // String rules are transformed into an array, // so they can be easily merged. Laravel's Validator // accepts rules as arrays or strings. if ( ! is_array ( $ existing ) ) $ existing = explode ( '|' , $ existing ) ; if ( ! is_array ( $ value ) ) $ value = explode ( '|' , $ value ) ; $ this -> rules [ $ rule ] = implode ( '|' , array_unique ( array_merge ( $ existing , $ value ) ) ) ; } return $ this ; }
Appends a rule to an existing set.

@param string $rule
@param mixed $value
@return ValidatorAssistant
Appends a rule to an existing set .