How to replace data in middleware on data submitting

In Laravel 5.8 app submitting form with the data I need to clear data, like doubled spaces, so I created middleware with clearing code : app/Http/Middleware/WorkTextString.php :

<?php

namespace App\Http\Middleware;

use Closure;
use App\Http\Traits\funcsTrait;
use function PHPSTORM_META\type;

class WorkTextString
{

    use funcsTrait;
    public function handle($request, Closure $next, $strip_tags_excluding= false )
    {
        $inputDataArray = $request->all();

        \Log::info($request->all());


        $stripTagsExcludingArray= $this->pregSplit('/ /',$strip_tags_excluding);
        foreach( $inputDataArray as $next_field_name=>$next_field_value ) {
            if ( !empty($next_field_value) and is_string($next_field_value) ) {
                $skip_strip_tags= in_array($next_field_name,$stripTagsExcludingArray);
                $inputDataArray[$next_field_name] = $this->workTextString($next_field_value, $skip_strip_tags);
            }
        }

        \Log::info('$inputDataArray:: ::');  // I CHECK AND SEE CLEARED DATA!
        \Log::info($inputDataArray);

        $request->replace($inputDataArray); // THAT DOWS NOT WORK ?

        return $next($request);
    }

}

But I see that submitted data are not cleared. Lokks like $request->replace does not work for me...

in routes/api.php :

Route::resource('skills', 'API\Admin\SkillController')->middleware('WorkTextString'); 

How correctly ?

via Chebli Mohamed