Laravel - How to execute store resource? - php

Question

I'm creating a CRUD app. But when I code in method store I have a problem: I'm trying to create a variable $contact = new Contact(). It's message: Undefined type 'App\Contact'.
This ContactController.php
use App\Contact;
....
public function store(Request $request)
{
$request->validate([
'first_name'=>'required',
'last_name'=>'required',
'email'=>'required'
]);
$contact = new Contact([
'first_name' => $request->get('first_name'),
'last_name' => $request->get('last_name'),
'email' => $request->get('email'),
'job_title' => $request->get('job_title'),
'city' => $request->get('city'),
'country' => $request->get('country')
]);
$contact->save();
return redirect('/contacts')->with('success', 'Contact saved!');
}
I made it with this link: https://medium.com/techiediaries-com/laravel-7-crud-tutorial-build-a-crud-app-with-mysql-and-bootstrap-4-4ed8e94f2db0

Answer 1

Here are your option to create:
Option 1:
$contact = Contact::create([
'first_name' => $request->get('first_name')
]);
Option 2:
$contact = new Contact();
$contact->first_name = 'test';
$contact->save();
Also in your contact class, check your namespace. And, use the namespace in the controller as:
use App\Models\Contact; //since you said your contact.php is inside models folder

Answer 2

you keep controller simple and clean to use this
use App\Contact; // if use laravel 7
use App\Models\Contact // if use laravel 8
....
public function store(Request $request, Contact $contact)
{
$request->validate([
'first_name'=>'required',
'last_name'=>'required',
'email'=>'required'
]);
$contact->create($request->all());
return redirect('/contacts')->with('success', 'Contact saved!');
}
in function update
use App\Contact;
....
public function update(Request $request, Contact $contact)
{
$id = $contact->id; // if use Route resource
$id = $request->id; // if use Route Post
$request->validate([
'first_name'=> 'required',
'last_name'=>'required',
'email'=>'required'
]);
$date = $request->except(['_token','_method']);
$contact->where('id', $id)->update($date);
return redirect('/contacts')->with('success', 'Contact updated!');
}