invoiceninja/app/Http/Requests/Product/UpdateProductRequest.php

<?php
/**
 * Invoice Ninja (https://invoiceninja.com)
 *
 * @link https://github.com/invoiceninja/invoiceninja source repository
 *
 * @copyright Copyright (c) 2019. Invoice Ninja LLC (https://invoiceninja.com)
 *
 * @license https://opensource.org/licenses/AAL
 */

namespace App\Http\Requests\Product;

use App\Http\Requests\Request;
use App\Models\Product;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Log;

class UpdateProductRequest extends Request
{
    /**
     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
     *
     * @return bool
     */

    public function authorize() : bool
    {

        return auth()->user()->can('create', Product::class);

    }

    public function rules()
    {
            //when updating you need to ignore the column ID

        return [
            'product_key' => 'unique:products,product_key,'.$this->product->id.',id,company_id,'.auth()->user()->companyId(),
        ];
    }

}