Sean Kegel Thank you for the comment and reading the article!

Yes, I run into it relatively often, but I like to use Validation in non-standard ways, also outside of the context of controller. Some example use cases:

• only "pending" Appointments can be completed
• Only "active" subscriptions can have scheduled generated automatically
• "Project summary" can be sent for only active projects etc.

In none of the above, I am validating form input, but rather the state of the object on which I am performing some action.

Maybe there's a better pattern to do it, but I am quite happy with using validation for that.

For more context, you can check what I wrote earlier this year on how I use validation: annissimo.com/using-laravel-validation-outside-of…