temporary decrypt, almost there

app/Providers/ValidationServiceProvider.php

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 use App\Models\Department;
 use App\Models\Setting;
 use DB;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Crypt;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;
 use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;
@@ -300,13 +301,22 @@ public function boot()
  // This is only used in Models/CustomFieldset.php - it does automatic validation for checkboxes by making sure
  // that the submitted values actually exist in the options.
  Validator::extend('checkboxes', function ($attribute, $value, $parameters, $validator){
- $options = CustomField::where('db_column', $attribute)->first()->formatFieldValuesAsArray();
+ $field = CustomField::where('db_column', $attribute)->first();
+ $options = $field->formatFieldValuesAsArray();
+
+ // temporarily decrypt for validation
+ if($field->field_encrypted) {
+ $value = Crypt::decrypt($value);
+ }
+ dump(is_array($value));
+
  if(is_array($value)) {
  $invalid = array_diff($value, $options);
  if(count($invalid) > 0) {
  return false;
  }
  }
+
  // for legacy, allows users to submit a comma separated string of options
  elseif(!is_array($value)) {
  $exploded = array_map('trim', explode(',', $value));
@@ -315,6 +325,7 @@ public function boot()
  return false;
  }
  }
+
  return true;
  });
  }