[5.3] Ability to get message using implicit keys from MessageBag

src/Illuminate/Support/MessageBag.php

@@ -159,13 +159,23 @@ public function first($key = null, $format = null)
     public function get($key, $format = null)
     {
         // If the message exists in the container, we will transform it and return
-        // the message. Otherwise, we'll return an empty array since the entire
-        // methods is to return back an array of messages in the first place.
+        // the message. Otherwise, we'll check if the key is implicit & collect
+        // all messages that match the given key and output it as an array.
         if (array_key_exists($key, $this->messages)) {
             return $this->transform($this->messages[$key], $this->checkFormat($format), $key);
         }
 
-        return [];
+        $output = [];
+
+        if (Str::contains($key, '*')) {
+            foreach ($this->messages as $messageKey => $messages) {
+                if (Str::is($key, $messageKey)) {
+                    $output[$messageKey] = $this->transform($messages, $this->checkFormat($format), $messageKey);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        return $output;
     }
 
     /**

tests/Support/SupportMessageBagTest.php

@@ -55,6 +55,15 @@ public function testGetReturnsArrayOfMessagesByKey()
         $this->assertEquals(['bar', 'baz'], $container->get('foo'));
     }
 
+    public function testGetReturnsArrayOfMessagesByImplicitKey()
+    {
+        $container = new MessageBag;
+        $container->setFormat(':message');
+        $container->add('foo.1', 'bar');
+        $container->add('foo.2', 'baz');
+        $this->assertEquals(['foo.1' => ['bar'], 'foo.2' => ['baz']], $container->get('foo.*'));
+    }
+
     public function testFirstReturnsSingleMessage()
     {
         $container = new MessageBag;