Validation of array children always considered "required"?

[ecker00]

The validator seems to behave differently when validating a "root" value compared to an array child. Given the data:

$input = [
  'myObjs' => [
    ['myDate'=>'2018-01-01'],
    ['stuff'=>true]
  ]
];
$v = new Validator($input);
$v->rule('date', 'myObjs.*.myDate');
if (!$v->validate()) echo $v->errors(); # = Invalid date

Will say that date is invalid, as it is not present on the second object. While evaluating them individually it does not matter that date is missing (unless it's specified as required).

$input = ['date'=>'2018-01-01'];
$v = new Validator($input);
$v->rule('date', 'myDate');
if (!$v->validate()) echo $v->errors(); # = All ok

Is this intentional?

[willemwollebrants]

Looks like a bug to me, I'll look into it