|string> */ public function rules(): array { // Get the ID of the vendor being updated from the route model binding $convertedId = Hashids::decode($this->route('vendor')); $id = $convertedId[0]; return [ 'agency_name' => 'required|string|max:255', 'agency_code' => [ 'nullable', Rule::unique('vendors', 'agency_code')->ignore($id), ], 'contact_person' => 'required|string|max:255', 'email' => [ 'required', 'email', Rule::unique('vendors', 'email')->ignore($id), ], 'phone' => 'required|string|max:20', 'alternate_phone' => 'nullable|string|max:20', 'address' => 'nullable|string', 'city' => 'nullable|string|max:100', 'state' => 'nullable|string|max:100', 'pincode' => 'nullable|string|max:10', 'gst_number' => 'nullable|string|max:20', 'pan_number' => 'nullable|string|max:20', // Categories must be an array, and each item must be a string 'service_categories' => 'nullable|array', 'service_categories.*' => 'string', 'rating' => 'nullable', 'status' => 'required|in:active,inactive', ]; } }