How to insert into another table after Registration on Laravel? - php

Question

So, I have a laravel web and have some tables, two of them are users and user_data.
user_data have a foreign key user_id that references to id on users.
users have general attributes like username, email, password, etc. and user_data have 1 on 1 relation with users and have attributes like game_money, game_job, game_tier, etc.
The columns are too long if I combine those 2 into 1 table, so I tought to normalize it.
User registration is working and running smooth. But I don't know how to add a new entry into user_data when a new user registered and add a new entry in users.
The attributes columns in user_data (like game_money,etc.) are filled by external application outside laravel, so all I need is to add an entry to user_data.user_id foreign key, and let the other attributes in user_data use the default values or null before being updated by the external apps.
Here is my user_data migration:
Schema::create('user_data', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->unsignedBigInteger('user_id');
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
$table->string('account_tier')->default("Free");
$table->float('economy')->default(0);
$table->string('job')->nullable();
$table->timestamps();
});
Where should I put the insert query inside laravel? Or should I handle user_data using the external app?
Thank you very much.

Answer 1

You should use an id on user_data table as your primary key. By the way you can just use the following code for your desired result.
In the registration method use something like below:
$user = User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
The user variable is holding the information of the newly created user. Now its time to insert into your user_data table. Assuming the model is UserData.
UserData::create([
'user_id' => $user->id,
............
]);

Answer 2

In RegisterController
inside create function
$user= User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
//UserData is the Model of user_data table
$user->UserData->create(['job'=>$data['job']]);
return $user

Answer 3

Try To This Example:
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
$user_data= array(
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
);
$role_data= array(
'user_name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email']
);
$response = DB::table('users')->insert($user_data);
$response = DB::table('role')->insert($role_data);

Answer 4

You can use the Model boot events as following when you define relationship each other these models;
public static function boot()
{
parent::boot();
self::created(function($model){
$model->userData()->create([
'user_id' => $model->id,
'job' => $model->job
]);
});
}