My database isn't accepting 'name' property - php

Question

I am trying to pass in "name" in my "friends" through my controller.
I have already made a "names" table with names in it
I keep getting "Trying to get property 'name' of non-object" This error.
Here's my FriendsController:-
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use App\Friend;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use App\Name;
class FriendsController extends Controller
{
public function store(Request $request)
{
$name = Name::all()->random(1)[0]->name;
Friend::create([
'my_id'=>Auth::user()->id,
'friends_id'=>$request->friends_id,
'name' => $name->name,
]);
Friend::create([
'friends_id'=>Auth::user()->id,
'my_id'=>$request->friends_id,
'name' => $name->name,
]);
return redirect('/home');
}
}
Here's my friends table:-
public function up()
{
Schema::create('friends', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('my_id');
$table->string('friends_id');
$table->string('name')->nullable();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
Here's My Names table:-
public function up()
{
Schema::create('names', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->id();
$table->string('name');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
Can anyone please help me?

Answer 1

'name' => $name should be correct as Tim mentioned. If it wasn't saved into your database, it was probably because name column is guarded in your model.
Try adding protected $guarded=['id']; or protected $fillable=['name'];in your Friend Model and see if that works. To know more about this, You can check laravel's Mass Assignment. Cheers :)

Answer 2

Here's The Solution:-
public function store(Request $request)
{
$name = Name::inRandomOrder()->first()->name;
Friend::create([
'my_id'=>Auth::user()->id,
'friends_id'=>$request->friends_id,
'name' => $name,
]);
Friend::create([
'friends_id'=>Auth::user()->id,
'my_id'=>$request->friends_id,
'name' => $name,
]);
return redirect('/home');
}
}