'max:10240|mimes:png,jpg,jpeg,bmp,pdf,doc,docx,xlx,xlsx,pptx,ppt', 'document_two' => 'max:10240|mimes:png,jpg,jpeg,bmp,pdf,doc,docx,xlx,xlsx,pptx,ppt', 'document_three' => 'max:10240|mimes:png,jpg,jpeg,bmp,pdf,doc,docx,xlx,xlsx,pptx,ppt', 'document_one_name' => 'required_with:document_one.*', 'document_two_name' => 'required_with:document_two.*', 'document_three_name' => 'required_with:document_three.*' /* revisit this again and make it work: for now i will use a custom validation in the controller 'document_one_name' => 'required_with_all:document_one.*,document_one_category.*', 'document_two_name' => 'required_with_all:document_two.*,document_two_category.*', 'document_three_name' => 'required_with:document_three,document_three_category' */ ]; } }