How can I store barcode inside validate request in Laravel - php

Question

I have a code on the store function where I save product details. However, the barcode always return empty. I don't know how to save it with Product::create($data);'. Can I ask some direction?
$data = new Product;
$data->name = $request->name;
Do I need to save one by one on an object such as the one above?
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Models\Product;
use Picqer;
class ProductsController extends Controller
{
public function index() {
$products = Product::orderBy('id')->get();
return view('products.index', compact('products'));
}
public function show(Product $product) {
return view('products.show', ['product' => $product]);
}
public function create() {
$products = Product::all();
return view('products.create', compact('products'));
}
public function edit(Product $product) {
return view('products.edit', compact('product'));
}
public function update(Request $request, Product $product) {
$request->validate([
'code' => 'required',
'barcode' => 'required',
'name' => 'required',
'description' => 'required|string|max:250',
'unit' => 'required|int',
'cost' => 'required',
'srp' => 'required',
'supplier' => 'required|string|max:250',
'quantity_left' => 'required',
'category' => 'required|string|max:250',
'delivered_date' => 'required|date',
'expiration_date' => 'required|date'
]);
$product->code = $request->code;
$product->barcode = $request->barcode;
$product->name = $request->name;
$product->description = $request->description;
$product->unit = $request->unit;
$product->cost = $request->cost;
$product->srp = $request->srp;
$product->supplier = $request->supplier;
$product->quantity_left = $request->quantity_left;
$product->category = $request->category;
$product->delivered_date = $request->delivered_date;
$product->expiration_date = $request->expiration_date;
$product->save();
return redirect()->route('products.index');
}
public function store(Request $request) {
$code = $request->code;
$generator = new Picqer\Barcode\BarcodeGeneratorHTML();
$barcode = $generator->getBarcode($code, $generator::TYPE_CODE_128);
$data = $request->validate([
'code' => 'required',
'barcode' => 'max:15|nullable',
'name' => 'required',
'description' => 'required|string|max:250',
'unit' => 'required|int',
'cost' => 'required',
'srp' => 'required',
'supplier' => 'required|string|max:250',
'quantity_left' => 'required',
'category' => 'required|string|max:250',
'delivered_date' => 'required|date',
'expiration_date' => 'required|date'
]);
Product::create($data);
return redirect()->route('products.index')->with('success', 'Product has been added!');
}
public function destroy(Product $product) {
$product->delete();
return back();
}
}
I think I just missed something. I've used this framework: https://github.com/picqer/php-barcode-generator

Answer 1

You need to overwrite the barcode coming from request with the one you generated.
$product = new Product();
$product->name = 'some name';
...
$product->barcode = $barcode;
$product->save();

Answer 2

I made this work by merging the two arrays:
$data = array_merge($data, ['barcode' => $barcode]);
Product::create($data);