<?php namespace App\Http\Requests; use App\Comment; use Gate; use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest; use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Response; class StoreCommentRequest extends FormRequest { public function authorize() { abort_if(Gate::denies('comment_create'), Response::HTTP_FORBIDDEN, '403 Forbidden'); return true; } public function rules() { return [ 'author_name' => [ 'required', ], 'author_email' => [ 'required', ], 'comment_text' => [ 'required', ], ]; } }