How to attach a relationship directly on an object? - php

Question

I don't know if I formulated the question correctly, but whatever.
So when I use the "store" method on my controller, I send two fields, "name" and "fr", both in the same request.
In my controller, I want to be able to create my Model (Room) and attach its relationship to it (RoomTranslation). When I try the following code, it tells me I didn't provide the room_id. Is there an automatic way to achieve this ?
public function store(RoomRequest $request)
{
$request = $request->validated();
$room = new Room;
$room->create($request);
$room->translations()->create($request);
return success('');
}
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class RoomTranslation extends Model
{
protected $fillable = ['fr', 'room_id'];
public function room() {
return $this->belongsTo('App\Room');
}
}
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use App\RoomTranslation;
class Room extends Model
{
protected $fillable = ['name'];
public function categories() {
return $this->hasMany('App\Category');
}
public function translations() {
return $this->hasOne('App\RoomTranslation');
}
}
Thank you for your help !
P.S. : If there is a cleaner way to write this part of my code, I will be happy to hear how I can improve it.
Thank you !

Answer 1

You can do this:
Room::create($request->only(['name']))->translations()->create($request->only(['fr']));
just look for typo or input names to be correct.
Also in Room model class translations relation if you have multiple languages for every Room should be hasMany, And if you don't have many translations per Room you could just add a column for translation language.