Validate field input is string laravel
laravel-4, php, validation
Solution
I think what you're looking for is the `'alpha'` validation rule Laravel provides. This will ensure the value you are validating contains only alphabetic characters. Docs: http://laravel.com/docs/4.2/validation#available-validation-rules
Problem
In the documentation I saw this ``` string:value The field under validation must be a string type. ``` But as I understand (from the scarce explanation + the example given) I must validate with a certain string value. But what I want is to validate simply that the input value contains just letters from the alphabet. Apparently ``` 'name' => 'required|string' ``` won't cut it, because it has to be `string:SomeValue` So, what is the correct way, to set a validation rule In the model class that validates against string?