how to check filled input in Laravel 5.1

I want to validate some inputs of Laravel5.1 application to be fill not require meaning,its not require to an attribute was sent but if was sent,its value could not be empty string,what is your solution? Of course I used filled rule but its useless and if value of input is empty it can not be validate attribute

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