From 95dac8dbab5bfa561a86145a44eb5ea23d427ebd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ahmed Alaa <92916738+AhmedAlaa4611@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 17 May 2025 11:27:18 +0300
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Add a default value to the `enum` method

---
 requests.md | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/requests.md b/requests.md
index 01fe612622..61512dabd3 100644
--- a/requests.md
+++ b/requests.md
@@ -422,6 +422,12 @@ use App\Enums\Status;
 $status = $request->enum('status', Status::class);
 ```
 
+You may also provide a default value:
+
+```php
+$status = $request->enum('status', Status::class, Status::Pending);
+```
+
 If the input value is an array of values that correspond to a PHP enum, you may use the `enums` method to retrieve the array of values as enum instances:
 
 ```php

From 7bafccd8c284b0ff2dee9e1802442fa01e529153 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Taylor Otwell <taylor@laravel.com>
Date: Mon, 19 May 2025 08:17:01 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Update requests.md

---
 requests.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/requests.md b/requests.md
index 61512dabd3..78154a8166 100644
--- a/requests.md
+++ b/requests.md
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ use App\Enums\Status;
 $status = $request->enum('status', Status::class);
 ```
 
-You may also provide a default value:
+You may also provide a default value that will be returned if the value is missing or invalid:
 
 ```php
 $status = $request->enum('status', Status::class, Status::Pending);