Adds index/position support to error messages

src/Validation/Concerns/FormatsMessages.php

@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 use Illuminate\Support\Str;
 
 /**
- * FormatsMessages is a modifier to the base trait
+ * FormatsMessages is a modifier to the base trait, it implements
+ * some extended technology to allow rule objects to specify methods
+ * message() and replace() for custom messaging.
  *
  * @see \Illuminate\Validation\Concerns\FormatsMessages
  */
@@ -17,6 +19,10 @@ trait FormatsMessages
      */
     protected function getMessage($attribute, $rule)
     {
+        $attributeWithPlaceholders = $attribute;
+
+        $attribute = $this->replacePlaceholderInString($attribute);
+
         $inlineMessage = $this->getInlineMessage($attribute, $rule);
 
         // First we will retrieve the custom message for the validation rule if one
@@ -28,8 +34,12 @@ protected function getMessage($attribute, $rule)
 
         $lowerRule = Str::snake($rule);
 
+        $customKey = "validation.custom.{$attribute}.{$lowerRule}";
+
         $customMessage = $this->getCustomMessageFromTranslator(
-            $customKey = "validation.custom.{$attribute}.{$lowerRule}"
+            in_array($rule, $this->sizeRules)
+                ? [$customKey.".{$this->getAttributeType($attribute)}", $customKey]
+                : $customKey
         );
 
         // First we check for a custom defined validation message for the attribute
@@ -39,8 +49,7 @@ protected function getMessage($attribute, $rule)
             return $customMessage;
         }
 
-        // Apply fallback message from extension class, if one exists.
-        // This is custom logic from the parent class.
+        // Modification: Apply fallback message from extension class, if one exists.
         if ($this->hasExtensionMethod($lowerRule, 'message')) {
             return $this->callExtensionMethod($lowerRule, 'message');
         }
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ protected function getMessage($attribute, $rule)
         // specific error message for the type of attribute being validated such
         // as a number, file or string which all have different message types.
         if (in_array($rule, $this->sizeRules)) {
-            return $this->getSizeMessage($attribute, $rule);
+            return $this->getSizeMessage($attributeWithPlaceholders, $rule);
         }
 
         // Finally, if no developer specified messages have been set, and no other
@@ -85,6 +94,8 @@ public function makeReplacements($message, $attribute, $rule, $parameters)
         $lowerRule = Str::snake($rule);
 
         $message = $this->replaceInputPlaceholder($message, $attribute);
+        $message = $this->replaceIndexPlaceholder($message, $attribute);
+        $message = $this->replacePositionPlaceholder($message, $attribute);
 
         if (isset($this->replacers[$lowerRule])) {
             return $this->callReplacer($message, $attribute, $lowerRule, $parameters, $this);
@@ -93,8 +104,7 @@ public function makeReplacements($message, $attribute, $rule, $parameters)
             return $this->$replacer($message, $attribute, $rule, $parameters);
         }
 
-        // Apply fallback replacer from extension class, if one exists.
-        // This is custom logic from the parent class.
+        // Modification: Apply fallback replacer from extension class, if one exists.
         if ($this->hasExtensionMethod($lowerRule, 'replace')) {
             return $this->callExtensionMethod($lowerRule, 'replace', [$message, $attribute, $lowerRule, $parameters]);
         }

src/Validation/Validator.php

@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 use October\Rain\Exception\ValidationException;
 
 /**
- * Validator is a modifier to the base class
+ * Validator is a modifier to the base class, it extends validation rules
+ * with extra methods for specifying messages and replacements inside the
+ * class definition.
  */
 class Validator extends ValidatorBase
 {