Im sorry if I am new to Laravel 5.2, but I get empty string in $errors even though if I use duplicate entry or purposely token mismatch it.

Here is the full code: http://laravel.io/bin/429WD - Routes.php http://laravel.io/bin/nQMNd - create.blade.php http://laravel.io/bin/JxK4v - TodoListController.php

TodoListController.php

public function store()
    {

        // define rules
        $rules = array(
            'title' => array('required', 'unique:todo_lists,name')
        );

        // pass input to rules (validator)
        $validator = Validator::make(Input::all(), $rules);

        // test if input is valid
        if ($validator->fails()){
            return Redirect::route('todos.create')->withError($validator, 'error');
        }

        $name = \Input::get('title');
        $list = new TodoList();
        $list -> name = $name;
        $list -> save();
        return Redirect::route('todos.index');

    }

routes.php

Route::group(['middleware' => ['web']], function () {
    Route::get('/db', function(){
        $result = DB::table('todo_lists')->where('name', 'Your Name')->first();
        return $result->name;
    });
    Route::get('/', 'TodoListController@index' );
    Route::resource('todos', 'TodoListController' );
});

create.blade.php

{{ var_dump($errors) }}