returning validation fail like response in none validation scenario [duplicate]

so lets say i have 2 functions , i send a ajax request to init function and init function calls check function

function init(Request $request){
    $this->check($request);
}

function check(Request $request){
    $request->validate(['something' => 'required']);
}

in this scenario if validation fails laravel returns a response to ajax call with Status Code: 422 , and i dont need to return any response

now if i want to check something else and if that fails i want to response just like validation fail response

function cehck(Request $request){
    
    if($somethign_else_failes)
    {
        return response()->json(['errors' => ['email' => ['The email is invalid.']]], 422);
    }
}

but this wont return back the ajax call response ... it will just return it to init function and i need to add another return in the init function

basically i dont want to have multiple returns in nested functions , if it failes at any level i want to return the ajax response at that level

i would like

function init(Request $Request){
   $this->cehck();
   // do the rest of code
}

function check(){

     if($something_wrong)
         //abort with reponse message 
}

instead of something like this

function init(Request $Request){
   
   $response = $this->cehck();
   
   if( $response == failed )
   {
      //abort with reponse message 
   }
   
   // do the rest of code
}

function check(){

     if($something_wrong)
         return failed flag   ; 
     
}

source https://stackoverflow.com/questions/70425795/returning-validation-fail-like-response-in-none-validation-scenario