Using Xdebug to figure out how Laravel validation works

I'm a huge fan of Xdebug for figuring out how Laravel works internally. dd is great or most quick debugging tasks, but Xdebug is great in more-nuanced situations, where you're not even quite sure where to start.

In today's video, I will use this week's deep dive into validation logic to demo how I used Xdebug in exploring how string-based rules are executed.

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Here to help,

Joel

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