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app/Http/Controllers/Controller.php

@@ -3,13 +3,39 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Bus\DispatchesJobs;
+use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 use Illuminate\Routing\Controller as BaseController;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Validation\ValidatesRequests;
 use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\Access\AuthorizesRequests;
 
 class Controller extends BaseController
 {
-    use AuthorizesRequests, DispatchesJobs, ValidatesRequests;
+    use AuthorizesRequests,
+        DispatchesJobs,
+        ValidatesRequests {
+        ValidatesRequests::validate as validate_orig;
+        ValidatesRequests::validateWithBag as validateWithBag_orig;
+    }
+
+    // Hacks to allow recursive nesting of validations in string and array format
+
+    public function makeValidator($data, $rules, $messages = array(), $customAttributes = array())
+    {
+        return \Validator::make($data, vali($rules), $messages, $customAttributes);
+    }
+
+    public function validate(Request $request, array $rules,
+                             array $messages = [], array $customAttributes = [])
+    {
+        return objBag($this->validate_orig($request, vali($rules), $messages, $customAttributes));
+    }
+
+    public function validateWithBag($errorBag, Request $request, array $rules,
+                                    array $messages = [], array $customAttributes = [])
+    {
+        return objBag($this->validateWithBag_orig($errorBag, $request, vali($rules),
+            $messages, $customAttributes));
+    }
 
     protected function backWithErrors($errors)
     {