Flexible Boolean Validation for Laravel

Laravel validation is powerful — but when working with APIs, boolean values can be messy.

❗ The Problem

Laravel’s default boolean validation does not handle string values like:

• "true"
• "false"

💡 The Solution

I created a Laravel package that adds flexible boolean validation.

✨ Supports:

• true / false
• 1 / 0
• "1" / "0"
• "true" / "false"

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📦 Installation

composer require alihaider/flexible-boolean

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🚀 Usage

$request->validate([
    'status' => ['required', 'flexible_boolean']
]);

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🆚 Comparison

Feature	Laravel Default	This Package
Accept "true" string	❌	✅
Accept "false" string	❌	✅
Strict boolean validation	✅	✅
API-friendly	❌	✅

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🎯 Why This Exists

In real-world APIs, data is not always clean.

This package ensures:
✔ consistency
✔ reliability
✔ developer simplicity

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🔗 Packagist

https://packagist.org/packages/alihaider/flexible-boolean

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💬 Feedback and contributions are welcome!