How to view request data inside a Form class

Suppose you have a StorePersonRequest class like this:

<?php

namespace App\Http\Requests;

use Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\ValidationRule;
use Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
use Illuminate\Validation\Rule;

class StorePersonRequest extends FormRequest
{
    /**
     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
     */
    public function authorize(): bool
    {
        return true; // Handled by the auth middleware
    }

    /**
     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
     *
     * @return array<string, ValidationRule|array|string>
     */
    public function rules(): array
    {
        return [
            'name' => 'required|max:255',
            'position' => 'required|max:255',
            'about' => 'nullable',
            'company_id' => [
                'required',
                'int',
                Rule::exists('companies', 'id')->where(function (Builder $query) {
                    return $query->where('user_id', auth()->user()->id);
                }),
            ],
        ];
    }
}

And a PersonController#store method that uses that request:

    /**
     * Store a newly created resource in storage.
     */
    public function store(StorePersonRequest $request)
    {
        $params = $request->validated() + [
            'user_id' => currentUser()->id,
        ];

        Person::create($params);

        return redirect()
            ->route('people.index')
            ->with('success', 'Person created successfully');
    }

How can you inspect the incoming data inside the request class?

You can either add a breakpoint in the request class’s authorize() method and check $this->input() or you can do a dump($this->input() or dd($this->input()):