[Bug]: lang:update flattens validation attributes

[Gitsimoz]

Lang Package Name

laravel-lang/lang

Lang Package Version

15.11.7

Laravel Framework Version

11.39

PHP Version

8.3.14

Dependencies

No response

Issue description

I have validation.php file with some attributes (they aren't "request array"):

....
'attributes' => [
    'person' => [
        'first_name' => 'nome',
        'last_name' => 'cognome',
    ],
    ....
]

php artisan lang:update flats these attributes so that __('validation.attributes.person.first_name') will not find them anymore

'attributes' => [
    'person.first_name' => 'nome',
    'person.last_name' => 'cognome',
     ....
]

Steps to reproduce

look at description

[andrey-helldar]

Does your application use direct access to these attributes?

Usually Form Request does not have such problems and knows how to handle “flat” attributes.

In general, I agree, there is such a problem, but it is not critical. It's just a minor inconvenience when you need to access them manually.

For example:

__('validation.attributes')['person.first_name']

[Gitsimoz]

Hello,
in our application we use the attributes() method in form request to map complex keys. We do this to avoid defining in the validation file multiple lines with the same translation over and over.

if it's possibile to prevent this flattening from happening with some env keys would be perfect.

[andrey-helldar]

It's possible, but it will take some time.