Validasi diabaikan aturan

  public function rules(Request $request)
    {
        return [
            'first_name' => 'required|string',
            'last_name' => 'required|string',
            'email' => ['required','email', 'string', Rule::unique('users')->ignore($request->user_id )],
            'phone_number' => ['required', 'string', Rule::unique('users')->ignore($request->user_id )],
        ];
    }

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