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1use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;

1use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
2
3# most likely you will need these 2 too
4use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
5use App\User;

1use Response;
2Or use full namespace:
3
4return \Response::json(...);
5Or just use helper:
6
7return response()->json(...);

1include below line on top of your file
2use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;

1public function store()
2    {
3        $rules = array(
4            'name'    => 'required',
5        );
6
7        $validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);
8
9        // if the validator fails, redirect back to the form
10        if ($validator->fails()) {
11            return Redirect::back()
12                ->withErrors($validator) // send back all errors to the login form
13                ->withInput();
14
15            $input = input::all();
16
17        } else {
18
19            $company                = New Company();
20            $company->name          = Input::get('name');
21            $company->user_id       = Input::get('user_id');
22            $company->country_id    = Input::get('country_id');
23            $company->description   = Input::get('description');
24
25            $company->save();
26
27            return Redirect::to('/backend')->withInput()->with('success', Company added.');
28
29        }
30    }
31