title: Laravel validation not showing errors
body: <p>This is probably a simple fix... but I can't get validation to work.</p>
  
  <p>I've simplified my test back to this...</p>
  
  <pre><code>    $input = array(
         'name' =&gt; ''
      );
  
      $rules = array(
         'name' =&gt; 'required|min:3|max:50|alpha'
  
      );
  
      $v = Validator::make($input, $rules);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And even though 'name' is required and has all the other rules the validator doesn't contain any errors.</p>
  
  <pre><code>dd($v-&gt;errors); // returns NULL
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>However</p>
  
  <pre><code>dd($v-&gt;fails()); // returns bool(true)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Why are there no error messages? When I dump the whole $v object there are no messages to be seen anywhere. Very confused... help appreciated. Thanks.</p>
  
  <p>---- edit</p>
  
  <p>I've simplified this even further. 
  I've put this directly in a view to test...</p>
  
  <pre><code>&lt;?php
  
  $input = array(
     'name' =&gt; ''
  );
  
  $rules = array(
     'name' =&gt; 'required'
  );
  
  $v = Validator::make($input, $rules);
  
  dd($v);
  
  ?&gt;
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I still get exactly the same problem?</p>
  
  <p>Here is the $v object</p>
  
  <pre><code>object(Laravel\Validator)#32 (9) {
  
    ["attributes"]=&gt;
    array(1) {
      ["name"]=&gt;
      string(0) ""
    }
    ["errors"]=&gt;
    NULL
    ["rules":protected]=&gt;
    array(1) {
      ["name"]=&gt;
      array(1) {
        [0]=&gt;
        string(8) "required"
      }
    }
    ["messages":protected]=&gt;
    array(0) {
    }
    ["db":protected]=&gt;
    NULL
    ["bundle":protected]=&gt;
    string(11) "application"
    ["language":protected]=&gt;
    NULL
    ["size_rules":protected]=&gt;
    array(4) {
      [0]=&gt;
      string(4) "size"
      [1]=&gt;
      string(7) "between"
      [2]=&gt;
      string(3) "min"
      [3]=&gt;
      string(3) "max"
    }
    ["numeric_rules":protected]=&gt;
    array(2) {
      [0]=&gt;
      string(7) "numeric"
      [1]=&gt;
      string(7) "integer"
    }
  }
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Is something in my installation/setup broken?</p>