Custom validation error message in Laravel

 1public function store()
 2{
 3    // validation
 4    $attributes = request()->validate([
 5      'employee_id' => 'required|integer',
 6      'content' => 'required',
 7      'date' => 'required|date|before_or_equal:today',
 8      'date_of_next_contact' => 'required|after_or_equal:today',
 9    ], [
10      'employee_id.integer' => 'Please choose your contact.'
11        'content.required' => 'Please fill this in!'
12    ]);
13 
14    // store
15 
16    // return redirect
17 
18}

1pa make:request StoreCommRequest

 1public function rules()
 2{
 3    return [
 4        'employee_id' => 'required|integer',
 5    'content' => 'required',
 6    'date' => 'required|date|before_or_equal:today',
 7    'date_of_next_contact' => 'required|after_or_equal:today',
 8    ];
 9}
10 
11public function messages()
12{
13    return [
14        'employee_id.integer' => 'Please choose your contact.'
15        'content.required' => 'Please fill this in!'
16    ];
17}

 1public function store()
 2{
 3        // Retrieve the validated input data...from StoreCommRequest
 4    $attributes = $request->validated();
 5 
 6        // store
 7 
 8        // return redirect
 9 
10}