Laravel constructor and method injection - php

Question

I am having an issue setting up an injection on both the constructor and the method in a controller.
What I need to achieve is to be able to set up a global controller variable without injecting the same on the controller method.
From below route;
Route::group(['prefix' => 'test/{five}'], function(){
Route::get('/index/{admin}', 'TestController#index');
});
I want the five to be received by the constructor while the admin to be available to the method.
Below is my controller;
class TestController extends Controller
{
private $five;
public function __construct(PrimaryFive $five, Request $request)
{
$this->five = $five;
}
public function index(Admin $admin, Request $request)
{
dd($request->segments(), $admin);
return 'We are here: ';
}
...
When I run the above, which I'm looking into using, I get an error on the index method:
Symfony\Component\Debug\Exception\FatalThrowableError thrown with message "Argument 1 passed to App\Http\Controllers\TestController::index() must be an instance of App\Models\Admin, string given"
Below works, but I don't need the PrimaryFive injection at the method.
class TestController extends Controller
{
private $five;
public function __construct(PrimaryFive $five, Request $request)
{
$this->five = $five;
}
public function index(PrimaryFive $five, Admin $admin, Request $request)
{
dd($request->segments(), $five, $admin);
return 'We are here: ';
}
...
Is there a way I can set the constructor injection with a model (which works) and set the method injection as well without having to inject the model set in the constructor?

Answer 1

One way you could do this is to use controller middleware:
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware(function (Request $request, $next) {
$this->five = PrimaryFive::findOrFail($request->route('five'));
$request->route()->forgetParameter('five');
return $next($request);
});
}
The above is assuming that PrimaryFive is an Eloquent model.
This will mean that $this->five is set for the controller, however, since we're using forgetParameter() it will no longer be passed to your controller methods.
If you've specific used Route::model() or Route::bind() to resolve your five segment then you can retrieve the instance straight from $request->route('five') i.e.:
$this->five = $request->route('five');

Answer 2

The error is because of you cannot pass a model through the route. it should be somethiing like /index/abc or /index/123.
you can use your index function as below
public function index($admin,Request $request){}

Answer 3

This will surely help you.
Route::group(['prefix' => 'test/{five}'], function () {
Route::get('/index/{admin}', function ($five, $admin) {
$app = app();
$ctr = $app->make('\App\Http\Controllers\TestController');
return $ctr->callAction("index", [$admin]);
});
});
Another way to call controller from the route. You can control what do you want to pass from route to controller