user()->can('edit', $this->recurring_expense); } public function rules() { $rules = []; $rules['file'] = 'bail|sometimes|array'; $rules['file.*'] = $this->fileValidation(); $rules['documents'] = 'bail|sometimes|array'; $rules['documents.*'] = $this->fileValidation(); return $rules; } public function prepareForValidation() { if ($this->file('documents') instanceof \Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile) { $this->files->set('documents', [$this->file('documents')]); } if ($this->file('file') instanceof \Illuminate\Http\UploadedFile) { $this->files->set('file', [$this->file('file')]); } } }