snipe-it/app/Http/Requests/UpdateAssetRequest.php

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use App\Http\Requests\Traits\MayContainCustomFields;
use App\Models\Asset;
use App\Models\Setting;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Gate;
use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;

class UpdateAssetRequest extends ImageUploadRequest
{
    use MayContainCustomFields;
    /**
     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
     *
     * @return bool
     */
    public function authorize()
    {
        return Gate::allows('update', $this->asset);
    }

    /**
     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
     *
     * @return array
     */
    public function rules()
    {
        $setting = Setting::getSettings();

        $rules = array_merge(
            parent::rules(),
            (new Asset)->getRules(),
            // This overwrites the rulesets that are set at the model level (via Watson) but are not necessarily required at the request level when doing a PATCH update.
            // Confusingly, this skips the unique_undeleted validator at the model level (and therefore the UniqueUndeletedTrait), so we have to re-add those
            // rules here without the requiredness, since those values will already exist if you're updating an existing asset.
            [
                'model_id'  => ['integer', 'exists:models,id,deleted_at,NULL', 'not_array'],
                'status_id' => ['integer', 'exists:status_labels,id'],
                'asset_tag' => [
                    'min:1', 'max:255', 'not_array',
                    Rule::unique('assets', 'asset_tag')->ignore($this->asset)->withoutTrashed(),
                ],
                'serial' => [
                    'string', 'max:255', 'not_array',
                    $setting->unique_serial=='1' ? Rule::unique('assets', 'serial')->ignore($this->asset)->withoutTrashed() : 'nullable',
                ],
            ],
        );

        // if the purchase cost is passed in as a string **and** the digit_separator is ',' (as is common in the EU)
        // then we tweak the purchase_cost rule to make it a string
        if ($setting->digit_separator === '1.234,56' && is_string($this->input('purchase_cost'))) {
            $rules['purchase_cost'] = ['nullable', 'string'];
        }

        return $rules;
    }
}