<?php namespace App\Providers; use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator; use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider; class AppServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider { /** * Bootstrap any application services. * * @return void */ public function boot() { // Add some custom validation rules Validator::extend('path.valid', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator) { return is_dir($value) && is_readable($value); }); } /** * Register any application services. * * @return void */ public function register() { // } }