Fix Laravel preg_match(): No ending delimiter ‘/’ found

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Hello Friend When we are creating some validation, sometimes we need to using regex to filter and validation special char, some case i created validation for indonesian phone numberic format using this regex

^(^\+62|62|^08)(\d{3,4}-?){2}\d{3,4}
'phone' => 'required|regex:/^(^\+62|62|^08)(\d{3,4}-?){2}\d{3,4}/|min:10|unique:users,phone,'.$this->user()->id,

and i got error

preg_match(): No ending delimiter '/' found

after read this from official documentation i got solution to fix this error

nb : Since regex has a pipe in it, you have to use an array;

'phone' => [
             'required', 
             'regex:/^(^\+62|62|^08)(\d{3,4}-?){2}\d{3,4}$/',
             'min:10', 
             'unique:users,phone,' . $this->user()->id
           ],

regex:pattern

The field under validation must match the given regular expression.

Note: When using the regex pattern, it may be necessary to specify rules in an array instead of using pipe delimiters, especially if the regular expression contains a pipe character.

That’s it….