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<option value="https://laravel.com/docs/5.0/prompts">5.0</option> <option value="https://laravel.com/docs/4.2/prompts">4.2</option> </select> <img class="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 mt-2.5 w-2.5 h-2.5 text-gray-900 pointer-events-none dark:hidden" src="/img/icons/drop_arrow.min.svg" alt="" width="10" height="10"> <img class="absolute inset-y-0 right-0 mt-2.5 w-2.5 h-2.5 text-gray-900 pointer-events-none hidden dark:block" src="/img/icons/drop_arrow.dark.min.svg" alt="" width="10" height="10"> </div> </div> </div> <div class="relative mt-8 flex items-center justify-end w-full h-10 lg:mt-0"> <div class="flex-1 flex items-center"> <button id="docsearch" class="text-gray-800 transition-colors dark:text-gray-400 w-full"></button> </div> </div> </div> <section class="mt-8 md:mt-16"> <section class="docs_main max-w-prose"> <div id="main-content"> <h1>Prompts</h1> <ul> <li> <a href="#introduction">Introduction</a> </li> <li> <a href="#installation">Installation</a> </li> <li> <a href="#available-prompts">Available Prompts</a> <ul> <li> <a href="#text">Text</a> </li> <li> <a href="#textarea">Textarea</a> </li> <li> <a href="#password">Password</a> </li> <li> <a href="#confirm">Confirm</a> </li> <li> <a href="#select">Select</a> </li> <li> <a href="#multiselect">Multi-select</a> </li> <li> <a href="#suggest">Suggest</a> </li> <li> <a href="#search">Search</a> </li> <li> <a href="#multisearch">Multi-search</a> </li> <li> <a href="#pause">Pause</a> </li> </ul> </li> <li> <a href="#transforming-input-before-validation">Transforming Input Before Validation</a> </li> <li> <a href="#forms">Forms</a> </li> <li> <a href="#informational-messages">Informational Messages</a> </li> <li> <a href="#tables">Tables</a> </li> <li> <a href="#spin">Spin</a> </li> <li> <a href="#progress">Progress Bar</a> </li> <li> <a href="#clear">Clearing the Terminal</a> </li> <li> <a href="#terminal-considerations">Terminal Considerations</a> </li> <li> <a href="#fallbacks">Unsupported Environments and Fallbacks</a> </li> </ul> <h2 id="introduction"><a href="#introduction">Introduction</a></h2> <p><a href="https://github.com/laravel/prompts">Laravel Prompts</a> is a PHP package for adding beautiful and user-friendly forms to your command-line applications, with browser-like features including placeholder text and validation.</p> <img src="https://laravel.com/img/docs/prompts-example.png"> <p>Laravel Prompts is perfect for accepting user input in your <a href="/docs/11.x/artisan#writing-commands">Artisan console commands</a>, but it may also be used in any command-line PHP project.</p> <div class="mb-10 max-w-2xl mx-auto px-4 py-8 shadow-lg lg:flex lg:items-center callout"> <div class="w-20 h-20 mb-6 flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 lg:mb-0 bg-purple-600"> <div class="opacity-75"><svg width="28" height="40" viewBox="0 0 28 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>lightbulb</title><path d="M12 28h4v-8h-4v8zM8 40h12v-8H8v8zm13.98-14.52c-1.001.705-1.661 1.545-1.98 2.52H8c-.416-.959-1.076-1.799-1.98-2.52A13.99 13.99 0 0 1 0 14C0 6.272 6.272 0 14 0s14 6.272 14 14a13.99 13.99 0 0 1-6.02 11.48z" fill="#FFF" fill-rule="nonzero"/></svg></div> </div> <p class="mb-0 lg:ml-6 callout"> Laravel Prompts supports macOS, Linux, and Windows with WSL. For more information, please see our documentation on <a href="#fallbacks">unsupported environments &amp; fallbacks</a>.</p> </div> <h2 id="installation"><a href="#installation">Installation</a></h2> <p>Laravel Prompts is already included with the latest release of Laravel.</p> <p>Laravel Prompts may also be installed in your other PHP projects by using the Composer package manager:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="shell" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">composer </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">require</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">laravel/prompts</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h2 id="available-prompts"><a href="#available-prompts">Available Prompts</a></h2> <h3 id="text"><a href="#text">Text</a></h3> <p>The <code>text</code> function will prompt the user with the given question, accept their input, and then return it:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also include placeholder text, a default value, and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> placeholder</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">E.g. Taylor Otwell</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> default</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?-&gt;name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">This will be displayed on your profile.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="text-required"><a href="#text-required">Required Values</a></h4> <p>If you require a value to be entered, you may pass the <code>required</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If you would like to customize the validation message, you may also pass a string:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Your name is required.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="text-validation"><a href="#text-validation">Additional Validation</a></h4> <p>Finally, if you would like to perform additional validation logic, you may pass a closure to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">match</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">3</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The name must be at least 3 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">255</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The name must not exceed 255 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">default</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> null</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The closure will receive the value that has been entered and may return an error message, or <code>null</code> if the validation passes.</p> <p>Alternatively, you may leverage the power of Laravel's <a href="/docs/11.x/validation">validator</a>. To do so, provide an array containing the name of the attribute and the desired validation rules to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">required|max:255|unique:users</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h3 id="textarea"><a href="#textarea">Textarea</a></h3> <p>The <code>textarea</code> function will prompt the user with the given question, accept their input via a multi-line textarea, and then return it:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">textarea</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$story</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">textarea</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Tell me a story.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also include placeholder text, a default value, and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$story</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">textarea</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Tell me a story.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> placeholder</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">This is a story about...</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">This will be displayed on your profile.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="textarea-required"><a href="#textarea-required">Required Values</a></h4> <p>If you require a value to be entered, you may pass the <code>required</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$story</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">textarea</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Tell me a story.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If you would like to customize the validation message, you may also pass a string:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$story</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">textarea</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Tell me a story.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">A story is required.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="textarea-validation"><a href="#textarea-validation">Additional Validation</a></h4> <p>Finally, if you would like to perform additional validation logic, you may pass a closure to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$story</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">textarea</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Tell me a story.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">match</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">250</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The story must be at least 250 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">10000</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The story must not exceed 10,000 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">default</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> null</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The closure will receive the value that has been entered and may return an error message, or <code>null</code> if the validation passes.</p> <p>Alternatively, you may leverage the power of Laravel's <a href="/docs/11.x/validation">validator</a>. To do so, provide an array containing the name of the attribute and the desired validation rules to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$story</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">textarea</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Tell me a story.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">story</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">required|max:10000</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h3 id="password"><a href="#password">Password</a></h3> <p>The <code>password</code> function is similar to the <code>text</code> function, but the user's input will be masked as they type in the console. This is useful when asking for sensitive information such as passwords:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your password?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also include placeholder text and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your password?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> placeholder</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">password</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Minimum 8 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="password-required"><a href="#password-required">Required Values</a></h4> <p>If you require a value to be entered, you may pass the <code>required</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your password?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If you would like to customize the validation message, you may also pass a string:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your password?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The password is required.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="password-validation"><a href="#password-validation">Additional Validation</a></h4> <p>Finally, if you would like to perform additional validation logic, you may pass a closure to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your password?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">match</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">8</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The password must be at least 8 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">default</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> null</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The closure will receive the value that has been entered and may return an error message, or <code>null</code> if the validation passes.</p> <p>Alternatively, you may leverage the power of Laravel's <a href="/docs/11.x/validation">validator</a>. To do so, provide an array containing the name of the attribute and the desired validation rules to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your password?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">password</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">min:8</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h3 id="confirm"><a href="#confirm">Confirm</a></h3> <p>If you need to ask the user for a &quot;yes or no&quot; confirmation, you may use the <code>confirm</code> function. Users may use the arrow keys or press <code>y</code> or <code>n</code> to select their response. This function will return either <code>true</code> or <code>false</code>.</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">confirm</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$confirmed</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">confirm</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Do you accept the terms?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also include a default value, customized wording for the &quot;Yes&quot; and &quot;No&quot; labels, and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$confirmed</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">confirm</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Do you accept the terms?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> default</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> false</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> yes</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">I accept</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> no</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">I decline</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The terms must be accepted to continue.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="confirm-required"><a href="#confirm-required">Requiring &quot;Yes&quot;</a></h4> <p>If necessary, you may require your users to select &quot;Yes&quot; by passing the <code>required</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$confirmed</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">confirm</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Do you accept the terms?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If you would like to customize the validation message, you may also pass a string:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$confirmed</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">confirm</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Do you accept the terms?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">You must accept the terms to continue.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h3 id="select"><a href="#select">Select</a></h3> <p>If you need the user to select from a predefined set of choices, you may use the <code>select</code> function:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">select</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$role</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">select</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What role should the user have?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Member</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Contributor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also specify the default choice and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$role</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">select</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What role should the user have?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Member</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Contributor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> default</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The role may be changed at any time.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also pass an associative array to the <code>options</code> argument to have the selected key returned instead of its value:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$role</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">select</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What role should the user have?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">member</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Member</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">contributor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Contributor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> default</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>Up to five options will be displayed before the list begins to scroll. You may customize this by passing the <code>scroll</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$role</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">select</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Which category would you like to assign?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Category</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> scroll</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">10</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="select-validation"><a href="#select-validation">Additional Validation</a></h4> <p>Unlike other prompt functions, the <code>select</code> function doesn't accept the <code>required</code> argument because it is not possible to select nothing. However, you may pass a closure to the <code>validate</code> argument if you need to present an option but prevent it from being selected:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$role</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">select</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What role should the user have?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">member</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Member</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">contributor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Contributor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">===</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&amp;&amp;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">where</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">role</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">owner</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">exists</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">An owner already exists.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> null</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If the <code>options</code> argument is an associative array, then the closure will receive the selected key, otherwise it will receive the selected value. The closure may return an error message, or <code>null</code> if the validation passes.</p> <h3 id="multiselect"><a href="#multiselect">Multi-select</a></h3> <p>If you need the user to be able to select multiple options, you may use the <code>multiselect</code> function:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$permissions</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What permissions should be assigned?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Create</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Update</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Delete</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also specify default choices and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$permissions</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What permissions should be assigned?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Create</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Update</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Delete</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> default</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Create</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Permissions may be updated at any time.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also pass an associative array to the <code>options</code> argument to return the selected options' keys instead of their values:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$permissions</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What permissions should be assigned?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">create</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Create</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">update</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Update</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">delete</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Delete</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> default</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">create</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>Up to five options will be displayed before the list begins to scroll. You may customize this by passing the <code>scroll</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$categories</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What categories should be assigned?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Category</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> scroll</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">10</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="multiselect-required"><a href="#multiselect-required">Requiring a Value</a></h4> <p>By default, the user may select zero or more options. You may pass the <code>required</code> argument to enforce one or more options instead:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$categories</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What categories should be assigned?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Category</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If you would like to customize the validation message, you may provide a string to the <code>required</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$categories</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What categories should be assigned?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Category</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">You must select at least one category</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="multiselect-validation"><a href="#multiselect-validation">Additional Validation</a></h4> <p>You may pass a closure to the <code>validate</code> argument if you need to present an option but prevent it from being selected:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$permissions</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multiselect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What permissions should the user have?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">create</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Create</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">update</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Update</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">delete</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Delete</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">array</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">values</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">!</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">in_array</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">read</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">values</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">All users require the read permission.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> null</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If the <code>options</code> argument is an associative array then the closure will receive the selected keys, otherwise it will receive the selected values. The closure may return an error message, or <code>null</code> if the validation passes.</p> <h3 id="suggest"><a href="#suggest">Suggest</a></h3> <p>The <code>suggest</code> function can be used to provide auto-completion for possible choices. The user can still provide any answer, regardless of the auto-completion hints:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">suggest</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">suggest</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Dayle</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>Alternatively, you may pass a closure as the second argument to the <code>suggest</code> function. The closure will be called each time the user types an input character. The closure should accept a string parameter containing the user's input so far and return an array of options for auto-completion:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">suggest</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> collect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">([</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Dayle</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">])</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">filter</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Str</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">contains</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> ignoreCase</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">))</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also include placeholder text, a default value, and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">suggest</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Dayle</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> placeholder</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">E.g. Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> default</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?-&gt;name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">This will be displayed on your profile.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="suggest-required"><a href="#suggest-required">Required Values</a></h4> <p>If you require a value to be entered, you may pass the <code>required</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">suggest</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Dayle</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If you would like to customize the validation message, you may also pass a string:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">suggest</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Dayle</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Your name is required.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="suggest-validation"><a href="#suggest-validation">Additional Validation</a></h4> <p>Finally, if you would like to perform additional validation logic, you may pass a closure to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">suggest</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Dayle</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">match</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">3</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The name must be at least 3 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">255</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The name must not exceed 255 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">default</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> null</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The closure will receive the value that has been entered and may return an error message, or <code>null</code> if the validation passes.</p> <p>Alternatively, you may leverage the power of Laravel's <a href="/docs/11.x/validation">validator</a>. To do so, provide an array containing the name of the attribute and the desired validation rules to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">suggest</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Dayle</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">required|min:3|max:255</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h3 id="search"><a href="#search">Search</a></h3> <p>If you have a lot of options for the user to select from, the <code>search</code> function allows the user to type a search query to filter the results before using the arrow keys to select an option:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">search</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$id</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">search</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the user that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The closure will receive the text that has been typed by the user so far and must return an array of options. If you return an associative array then the selected option's key will be returned, otherwise its value will be returned instead.</p> <p>When filtering an array where you intend to return the value, you should use the <code>array_values</code> function or the <code>values</code> Collection method to ensure the array doesn't become associative:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$names</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">collect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">([</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Abigail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]);</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$selected</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">search</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the user that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">names</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">filter</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Str</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">contains</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> ignoreCase</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">))</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">values</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also include placeholder text and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$id</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">search</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the user that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> placeholder</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">E.g. Taylor Otwell</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The user will receive an email immediately.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>Up to five options will be displayed before the list begins to scroll. You may customize this by passing the <code>scroll</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$id</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">search</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the user that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> scroll</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">10</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="search-validation"><a href="#search-validation">Additional Validation</a></h4> <p>If you would like to perform additional validation logic, you may pass a closure to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$id</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">search</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the user that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">int</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">|</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">findOrFail</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">if</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;opted_out</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">return</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">This user has opted-out of receiving mail.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If the <code>options</code> closure returns an associative array, then the closure will receive the selected key, otherwise, it will receive the selected value. The closure may return an error message, or <code>null</code> if the validation passes.</p> <h3 id="multisearch"><a href="#multisearch">Multi-search</a></h3> <p>If you have a lot of searchable options and need the user to be able to select multiple items, the <code>multisearch</code> function allows the user to type a search query to filter the results before using the arrow keys and space-bar to select options:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">multisearch</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$ids</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multisearch</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the users that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[]</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The closure will receive the text that has been typed by the user so far and must return an array of options. If you return an associative array then the selected options' keys will be returned; otherwise, their values will be returned instead.</p> <p>When filtering an array where you intend to return the value, you should use the <code>array_values</code> function or the <code>values</code> Collection method to ensure the array doesn't become associative:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$names</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">collect</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">([</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Taylor</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Abigail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]);</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$selected</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multisearch</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the users that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">names</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">filter</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Str</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">contains</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> ignoreCase</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">))</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">values</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>You may also include placeholder text and an informational hint:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$ids</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multisearch</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the users that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> placeholder</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">E.g. Taylor Otwell</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The user will receive an email immediately.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>Up to five options will be displayed before the list begins to scroll. You may customize this by providing the <code>scroll</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$ids</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multisearch</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the users that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> scroll</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">10</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="multisearch-required"><a href="#multisearch-required">Requiring a Value</a></h4> <p>By default, the user may select zero or more options. You may pass the <code>required</code> argument to enforce one or more options instead:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$ids</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multisearch</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the users that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> true</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If you would like to customize the validation message, you may also provide a string to the <code>required</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$ids</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multisearch</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the users that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">You must select at least one user.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="multisearch-validation"><a href="#multisearch-validation">Additional Validation</a></h4> <p>If you would like to perform additional validation logic, you may pass a closure to the <code>validate</code> argument:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$ids</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">multisearch</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Search for the users that should receive the mail</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> options</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">0</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">id</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">array</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">values</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">optedOut</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">whereLike</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">%a%</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">findMany</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">values</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">if</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">optedOut</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">isNotEmpty</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">())</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">return</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">optedOut</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pluck</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">join</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">, </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">, and </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;"> have opted out.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>If the <code>options</code> closure returns an associative array, then the closure will receive the selected keys; otherwise, it will receive the selected values. The closure may return an error message, or <code>null</code> if the validation passes.</p> <h3 id="pause"><a href="#pause">Pause</a></h3> <p>The <code>pause</code> function may be used to display informational text to the user and wait for them to confirm their desire to proceed by pressing the Enter / Return key:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">pause</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;">pause</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Press ENTER to continue.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h2 id="transforming-input-before-validation"><a href="#transforming-input-before-validation">Transforming Input Before Validation</a></h2> <p>Sometimes you may want to transform the prompt input before validation takes place. For example, you may wish to remove white space from any provided strings. To accomplish this, many of the prompt functions provide a <code>transform</code> argument, which accepts a closure:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> transform</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">trim</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">string</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">match</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&lt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">3</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The name must be at least 3 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">strlen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">value</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">255</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">The name must not exceed 255 characters.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">default</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> null</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h2 id="forms"><a href="#forms">Forms</a></h2> <p>Often, you will have multiple prompts that will be displayed in sequence to collect information before performing additional actions. You may use the <code>form</code> function to create a grouped set of prompts for the user to complete:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">form</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$responses</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">form</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, required: </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your password?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, validate: [</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">password</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">min:8</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">])</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">confirm</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Do you accept the terms?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">submit</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">();</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The <code>submit</code> method will return a numerically indexed array containing all of the responses from the form's prompts. However, you may provide a name for each prompt via the <code>name</code> argument. When a name is provided, the named prompt's response may be accessed via that name:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> App\Models\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">form</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$responses</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">form</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, required: </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, name: </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">password</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> label: </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your password?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> validate: [</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">password</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">min:8</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> name: </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">password</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> )</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">confirm</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Do you accept the terms?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">submit</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">();</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">create</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">([</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$responses</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">password</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$responses</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">password</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The primary benefit of using the <code>form</code> function is the ability for the user to return to previous prompts in the form using <code>CTRL + U</code>. This allows the user to fix mistakes or alter selections without needing to cancel and restart the entire form.</p> <p>If you need more granular control over a prompt in a form, you may invoke the <code>add</code> method instead of calling one of the prompt functions directly. The <code>add</code> method is passed all previous responses provided by the user:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">form</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">outro</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$responses</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">form</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">What is your name?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, required: </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">true</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, name: </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">add</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$responses</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> {</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">return</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">text</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">How old are you, </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">responses</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">?</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> }, name: </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">age</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">submit</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">();</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;">outro</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Your name is </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">responses</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;"> and you are </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">responses</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">age</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">]}</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;"> years old.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h2 id="informational-messages"><a href="#informational-messages">Informational Messages</a></h2> <p>The <code>note</code>, <code>info</code>, <code>warning</code>, <code>error</code>, and <code>alert</code> functions may be used to display informational messages:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">info</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;">info</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Package installed successfully.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h2 id="tables"><a href="#tables">Tables</a></h2> <p>The <code>table</code> function makes it easy to display multiple rows and columns of data. All you need to do is provide the column names and the data for the table:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">table</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;">table</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> headers</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">[</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Email</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">],</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> rows</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">([</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">name</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">email</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">])</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">toArray</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h2 id="spin"><a href="#spin">Spin</a></h2> <p>The <code>spin</code> function displays a spinner along with an optional message while executing a specified callback. It serves to indicate ongoing processes and returns the callback's results upon completion:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">spin</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$response</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">spin</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> message</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Fetching response...</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> callback</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">()</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Http</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">get</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">http://example.com</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <div class="mb-10 max-w-2xl mx-auto px-4 py-8 shadow-lg lg:flex lg:items-center callout"> <div class="w-20 h-20 mb-6 flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 lg:mb-0 bg-red-600"> <div class="opacity-75"><svg width="6" height="35" viewBox="0 0 6 35" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>exclamation</title><path d="M0 29h6v6H0v-6zM0 0h6v24H0V0z" fill="#FFF" fill-rule="nonzero"/></svg> </div> </div> <p class="mb-0 lg:ml-6 callout"> The <code>spin</code> function requires the <code>pcntl</code> PHP extension to animate the spinner. When this extension is not available, a static version of the spinner will appear instead.</p> </div> <h2 id="progress"><a href="#progress">Progress Bars</a></h2> <p>For long running tasks, it can be helpful to show a progress bar that informs users how complete the task is. Using the <code>progress</code> function, Laravel will display a progress bar and advance its progress for each iteration over a given iterable value:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">progress</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$users</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">progress</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Updating users</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> steps</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> callback</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">fn</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">=&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #FF5572;">this</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">performTask</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>The <code>progress</code> function acts like a map function and will return an array containing the return value of each iteration of your callback.</p> <p>The callback may also accept the <code>Laravel\Prompts\Progress</code> instance, allowing you to modify the label and hint on each iteration:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$users</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">progress</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Updating users</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> steps</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(),</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> callback</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">progress</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">progress</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Updating </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;name</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Created on </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">{$</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;created_at</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&quot;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">return</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">$</span><span style="color: #FF5572;">this</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">performTask</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">user</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">},</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> hint</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">This may take some time.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>Sometimes, you may need more manual control over how a progress bar is advanced. First, define the total number of steps the process will iterate through. Then, advance the progress bar via the <code>advance</code> method after processing each item:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$progress</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">progress</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Updating users</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">,</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> steps</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">:</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;"> </span><span style="color: #F78C6C;">10</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$users</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">User</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">all</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">();</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$progress</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">start</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">();</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">foreach</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> (</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$users</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">as</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$user</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">) {</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #FF5572;">$this</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">performTask</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$user</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$progress</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">advance</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">();</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">}</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$progress</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">finish</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">();</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h2 id="clear"><a href="#clear">Clearing the Terminal</a></h2> <p>The <code>clear</code> function may be used to clear the user's terminal:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">clear</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #82AAFF;">clear</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">();</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h2 id="terminal-considerations"><a href="#terminal-considerations">Terminal Considerations</a></h2> <h4 id="terminal-width"><a href="#terminal-width">Terminal Width</a></h4> <p>If the length of any label, option, or validation message exceeds the number of &quot;columns&quot; in the user's terminal, it will be automatically truncated to fit. Consider minimizing the length of these strings if your users may be using narrower terminals. A typically safe maximum length is 74 characters to support an 80-character terminal.</p> <h4 id="terminal-height"><a href="#terminal-height">Terminal Height</a></h4> <p>For any prompts that accept the <code>scroll</code> argument, the configured value will automatically be reduced to fit the height of the user's terminal, including space for a validation message.</p> <h2 id="fallbacks"><a href="#fallbacks">Unsupported Environments and Fallbacks</a></h2> <p>Laravel Prompts supports macOS, Linux, and Windows with WSL. Due to limitations in the Windows version of PHP, it is not currently possible to use Laravel Prompts on Windows outside of WSL.</p> <p>For this reason, Laravel Prompts supports falling back to an alternative implementation such as the <a href="https://symfony.com/doc/7.0/components/console/helpers/questionhelper.html">Symfony Console Question Helper</a>.</p> <div class="mb-10 max-w-2xl mx-auto px-4 py-8 shadow-lg lg:flex lg:items-center callout"> <div class="w-20 h-20 mb-6 flex items-center justify-center shrink-0 lg:mb-0 bg-purple-600"> <div class="opacity-75"><svg width="28" height="40" viewBox="0 0 28 40" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><title>lightbulb</title><path d="M12 28h4v-8h-4v8zM8 40h12v-8H8v8zm13.98-14.52c-1.001.705-1.661 1.545-1.98 2.52H8c-.416-.959-1.076-1.799-1.98-2.52A13.99 13.99 0 0 1 0 14C0 6.272 6.272 0 14 0s14 6.272 14 14a13.99 13.99 0 0 1-6.02 11.48z" fill="#FFF" fill-rule="nonzero"/></svg></div> </div> <p class="mb-0 lg:ml-6 callout"> When using Laravel Prompts with the Laravel framework, fallbacks for each prompt have been configured for you and will be automatically enabled in unsupported environments.</p> </div> <h4 id="fallback-conditions"><a href="#fallback-conditions">Fallback Conditions</a></h4> <p>If you are not using Laravel or need to customize when the fallback behavior is used, you may pass a boolean to the <code>fallbackWhen</code> static method on the <code>Prompt</code> class:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Prompt</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Prompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">fallbackWhen</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">!</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$input</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">isInteractive</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">() </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">||</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">windows_os</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">() </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">||</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">app</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">runningUnitTests</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">()</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div></code></pre> </div> <h4 id="fallback-behavior"><a href="#fallback-behavior">Fallback Behavior</a></h4> <p>If you are not using Laravel or need to customize the fallback behavior, you may pass a closure to the <code>fallbackUsing</code> static method on each prompt class:</p> <div class="code-container"> <pre><code data-theme="olaolu-palenight" data-lang="php" class='torchlight' style='background-color: #292D3E; --theme-selection-background: #7580B850;'><!-- Syntax highlighted by torchlight.dev --><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Laravel\Prompts\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">TextPrompt</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Symfony\Component\Console\Question\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Question</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> Symfony\Component\Console\Style\</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">SymfonyStyle</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">TextPrompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">::</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">fallbackUsing</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">TextPrompt</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$prompt</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$input</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$output</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> {</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$question</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> (</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">new</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">Question</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$prompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;label</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$prompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;default</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?:</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">null</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">))</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">setValidator</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #C792EA;">function</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$answer</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">use</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$prompt</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">)</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> {</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">if</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> (</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$prompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">&amp;&amp;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$answer</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">===</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">null</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">) {</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">throw</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">new</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB6B;">\RuntimeException</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">is_string</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">($</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">prompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">) </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">?</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$prompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;required</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">:</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span><span style="color: #C3E88D;">Required.</span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> );</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> }</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">if</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> (</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$prompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">) {</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$error</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">=</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> (</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$prompt</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;validate</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">)(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$answer</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">??</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #D9F5DD;">&#39;&#39;</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">if</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> (</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$error</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">) {</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">throw</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">new</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB6B;">\RuntimeException</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$error</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> }</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> }</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">return</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$answer</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">;</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> });</span></div><div class='line'>&nbsp;</div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #C792EA;">return</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> (</span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">new</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #FFCB8B;">SymfonyStyle</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$input</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">, </span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$output</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">))</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;"> </span><span style="color: #89DDFF;">-&gt;</span><span style="color: #82AAFF;">askQuestion</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">(</span><span style="color: #BEC5D4;">$question</span><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">);</span></div><div class='line'><span style="color: #BFC7D5;">});</span></div></code></pre> </div> <p>Fallbacks must be configured individually for each prompt class. 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