Problem with seeding data in pivot table in Laravel - php

Question

I have a problem while attempting to seed my pivot table in database in Laravel. I get error
Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'user_cuisines' doesn't exist
And my table name is actually user_cuisine, so it is like for some reason laravel doesn't show that table. I added in my relationships that user_cuisine is pivot table because of alphabet order. Any help is appreciated. Here is my code.
UserCuisineTableSeeder.php
<?php
use App\UserCuisine;
use App\UserProfile;
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
class UserCuisineTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
/**
* Run the database seeds.
*
* #return void
*/
public function run()
{
$cuisines = UserCuisine::all();
UserProfile::all()->each(function ($userProfile) use ($cuisines) {
$userProfile->cuisines()->attach(
$cuisines->random(rand(1, 12))->pluck('id')->toArray()
);
});
}
}
DatabaseSeeder.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Seeder;
class DatabaseSeeder extends Seeder
{
/**
* Seed the application's database.
*
* #return void
*/
public function run()
{
$this->call(WhitelabelTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(CitiesTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(UserTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(UserProfilePropertiesSeeder::class);
$this->call(UserProfileTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(FieldTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(FieldValueTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(CuisineTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(LiteratureTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(MusicTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(SportTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(TvTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(UserCuisineTableSeeder::class);
$this->call(UserInterestTableSeeder::class);
}
}
UserCuisine.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class UserCuisine extends Model
{
protected $fillable = [
'name'
];
public function userProfiles()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(UserProfile::class, 'user_cuisine');
}
}
UserProfile.php
<?php
namespace App;
class UserProfile
{
public function user()
{
return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}
public function cuisines()
{
return $this->belongsToMany(UserCuisine::class, 'user_cuisine');
}
}
user_cuisine_table
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateUserCuisineTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('user_cuisine', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->unsignedBigInteger('user_id');
$table->unsignedBigInteger('cuisine_id');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('user_cuisine');
}
}
cuisine_table
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateCuisineTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('cuisine', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->string('name');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('cuisine');
}
}

Answer 1

Laravel expect the table name to be user_cuisines but you named it user_cuisine without the "s"
You can fix that by changing your migration or adding protected $table = 'user_cuisine'; to your model.
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class UserCuisine extends Model
{
protected $table = 'user_cuisine';
}
As naming convention goes, I would recommend changing the table name 👍

Answer 2

Seems user_cuisines table does not exist, You have created cuisine not user_cuisines
Just put below code in UserCuisine model.
protected $table= 'user_cuisine';
I would recommend always use -m flag while creating a model to avoid these types of errors, for example.
php artisan make:model ModelName -m