Added placeholder users; Better exception handling; Enhanced local setup

app/Actions/Fortify/CreateNewUser.php

@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ namespace App\Actions\Fortify;
 
 use App\Models\Organization;
 use App\Models\User;
+use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Builder;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
+use Illuminate\Validation\ValidationException;
+use Korridor\LaravelModelValidationRules\Rules\UniqueEloquent;
 use Laravel\Fortify\Contracts\CreatesNewUsers;
 use Laravel\Jetstream\Jetstream;
 
@@ -20,12 +23,27 @@ class CreateNewUser implements CreatesNewUsers
      * Create a newly registered user.
      *
      * @param  array<string, string>  $input
+     *
+     * @throws ValidationException
      */
     public function create(array $input): User
     {
         Validator::make($input, [
-            'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
-            'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
+            'name' => [
+                'required',
+                'string',
+                'max:255',
+            ],
+            'email' => [
+                'required',
+                'string',
+                'email',
+                'max:255',
+                new UniqueEloquent(User::class, 'email', function (Builder $builder): Builder {
+                    /** @var Builder<User> $builder */
+                    return $builder->where('is_placeholder', '=', false);
+                }),
+            ],
             'password' => $this->passwordRules(),
             'terms' => Jetstream::hasTermsAndPrivacyPolicyFeature() ? ['accepted', 'required'] : '',
         ])->validate();