title: how to give custom validation messages in laravel 5
body: <p>I'v been following on laravel 4.2 and to day tried laravel 5.</p>
  
  <p>how can you add custom validation messages to rules in laravel 5.</p>
  
  <p>Code Sample
         
  
  <pre><code>namespace App\Http\Requests;
  
   
  use App\Http\Requests\Request;
   
  
  class MyRequest extends Request {
  
  
      /**
  
       * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
  
       *
  
       * @return bool
  
       */
  
      public function authorize()
  
      {
  
          return true;
  
      }
  
   
  
      /**
  
       * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
  
       *
  
       * @return array
  
       */
  
      public function rules()
  
      {
  
          return [
  
              'email' =&gt; 'required|email',
  
              'password' =&gt; 'required|min:8'
  
          ];
  
      }
  
  }
  // in your controller action
  public function postLogin(\App\Http\Requests\MyRequest $request)
  
  {
  
      // code here will not fire
  
      // if the validation rules
  
      // in the request fail
  
  }
  
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>it's not clear as in 4.2</p>