From 30c9acf908b1dbe5d61237f30f0e9e4574997b17 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Mohammad ALTAWEEL <hello@mohammad.tech>
Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2023 15:56:32 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] optimize `exists` validation for empty array input (#48684)

---
 src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php | 4 ++++
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
index 44545565c2ea..9b131c01dd5e 100644
--- a/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Validation/Concerns/ValidatesAttributes.php
@@ -864,6 +864,10 @@ public function validateExists($attribute, $value, $parameters)
 
         $expected = is_array($value) ? count(array_unique($value)) : 1;
 
+        if ($expected === 0) {
+            return true;
+        }
+
         return $this->getExistCount(
             $connection, $table, $column, $value, $parameters
         ) >= $expected;