Automatic filing of fields during registration in Laravel - php

Question

Welcome.
I have been learning Laravela for a few days and stopped at registration.
I have migration:
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->string('name', 120);
$table->string('surname', 120);
$table->string('email', 120)->unique();
$table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable();
$table->string('password');
$table->bigInteger('counter')->default(0);
$table->string('url_address', 160);
$table->string('ip', 25);
$table->dateTime('date_of_registration');
$table->bigInteger('company_id')->unsigned();
$table->boolean('isCompany')->default(0);
$table->boolean('isMailing')->default(0);
$table->text('note');
$table->string('nip1', 12);
$table->string('business1', 120);
$table->string('phone1', 60);
$table->string('street1', 150);
$table->string('number1', 8);
$table->string('postal_code1', 12);
$table->string('city1', 100);
$table->bigInteger('country_id1')->default(0);
$table->bigInteger('provincial_id1')->default(0);
$table->string('nip2', 12);
$table->string('business2', 120);
$table->string('phone2', 60);
$table->string('street2', 150);
$table->string('number2', 8);
$table->string('postal_code2', 12);
$table->string('city2', 100);
$table->bigInteger('country_id2')->default(0);
$table->bigInteger('provincial_id2')->default(0);
$table->string('nip3', 12);
$table->string('business3', 120);
$table->string('phone3', 60);
$table->string('street3', 150);
$table->string('number3', 8);
$table->string('postal_code3', 12);
$table->string('city3', 100);
$table->bigInteger('country_id3')->default(0);
$table->bigInteger('provincial_id3')->default(0);
$table->decimal('cash', 9, 2)->default(0);
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
$table->engine = "InnoDB";
});
and functions:
function generateSeoUrl(string $string): string
{
$string = preg_replace("/ +/", "-", trim($string));
$string = mb_strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9-]+/', '', $string), 'UTF-8');
return $string;
}
The above table uses Laravel's default authorization (I use Laravel 5.8).
How can I add during registration:
- ip - IP address of the user who registered
- date_of_registration - current date
- url_address - here I would like to save the generatedSeoUrl result ($ email)
Please help. I've been sitting here for hours and I do not know how to deal with it :(

Answer 1

Step: 1 :
Add the extra Fileds to the users table migration
You have done already
Step: 2
Add the fileds to the fillable model of User.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
/**
* #property integer $id
* #property string $name
* #property string $surname
* #property string $email
* #property string $email_verified_at
* #property string $password
* #property integer $counter
* #property string $url_address
* #property string $ip
* #property string $date_of_registration
* #property integer $company_id
* #property boolean $isCompany
* #property boolean $isMailing
* #property string $note
* #property string $nip1
* #property string $business1
* #property string $phone1
* #property string $street1
* #property string $number1
* #property string $postal_code1
* #property string $city1
* #property integer $country_id1
* #property integer $provincial_id1
* #property string $nip2
* #property string $business2
* #property string $phone2
* #property string $street2
* #property string $number2
* #property string $postal_code2
* #property string $city2
* #property integer $country_id2
* #property integer $provincial_id2
* #property string $nip3
* #property string $business3
* #property string $phone3
* #property string $street3
* #property string $number3
* #property string $postal_code3
* #property string $city3
* #property integer $country_id3
* #property integer $provincial_id3
* #property float $cash
* #property string $remember_token
* #property string $created_at
* #property string $updated_at
*/
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use Notifiable;
/**
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = ['name', 'surname', 'email', 'email_verified_at', 'password', 'counter', 'url_address', 'ip', 'date_of_registration', 'company_id', 'isCompany', 'isMailing', 'note', 'nip1', 'business1', 'phone1', 'street1', 'number1', 'postal_code1', 'city1', 'country_id1', 'provincial_id1', 'nip2', 'business2', 'phone2', 'street2', 'number2', 'postal_code2', 'city2', 'country_id2', 'provincial_id2', 'nip3', 'business3', 'phone3', 'street3', 'number3', 'postal_code3', 'city3', 'country_id3', 'provincial_id3', 'cash', 'remember_token', 'created_at', 'updated_at'];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'password', 'remember_token',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be cast to native types.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $casts = [
'email_verified_at' => 'datetime',
];
}
Step:3
Add the fileds in the registration form can be found in projectname\resources\views\auth\register.blade.php
Add the required filed to the form
Step: 4
Now the Logic part
Open the file project\app\Http\Controllers\Auth\RegisterController.php
Now You will find the validator and create method
Add your method to the RegisterController.php
function generateSeoUrl(string $string): string
{
$string = preg_replace("/ +/", "-", trim($string));
$string = mb_strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9-]+/', '', $string), 'UTF-8');
return $string;
}
Add your validation logic in validator method
/**
* Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
*/
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
]);
}
Now we need to manually add some fileds while storing
/**
* Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \App\User
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
$newArray = [
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
'ip' => RequestFacade::ip(),
'date_of_registration' => now(),
'url_address' => $this->generateSeoUrl($data['email']),
];
return User::create($newArray);
}
Finally Your RegisterController will look like
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers\Auth;
use App\User;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Hash;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\RegistersUsers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request as HttpRequest;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Request as RequestFacade;
class RegisterController extends Controller
{
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Register Controller
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| This controller handles the registration of new users as well as their
| validation and creation. By default this controller uses a trait to
| provide this functionality without requiring any additional code.
|
*/
use RegistersUsers;
/**
* Where to redirect users after registration.
*
* #var string
*/
protected $redirectTo = '/home';
/**
* Create a new controller instance.
*
* #return void
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('guest');
}
/**
* Get a validator for an incoming registration request.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\Validator
*/
protected function validator(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'name' => ['required', 'string', 'max:255'],
'email' => ['required', 'string', 'email', 'max:255', 'unique:users'],
'password' => ['required', 'string', 'min:8', 'confirmed'],
]);
}
/**
* Create a new user instance after a valid registration.
*
* #param array $data
* #return \App\User
*/
protected function create(array $data)
{
$newArray = [
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
'ip' => RequestFacade::ip(),
'date_of_registration' => now(),
'url_address' => $this->generateSeoUrl($data['email']),
];
return User::create($newArray);
}
function generateSeoUrl(string $string): string
{
$string = preg_replace("/ +/", "-", trim($string));
$string = mb_strtolower(preg_replace('/[^A-Za-z0-9-]+/', '', $string), 'UTF-8');
return $string;
}
}
Please do comment if there is any issue

Answer 2

In App\Http\Controllers\Auth\RegisterController.php update your create() function and put all your extra fields there.
By the way, you don't need date_of_registration as the created_at field is already managed by Laravel.
Also, instead of your generateSeoUrl you can use Str::slug function from Laravel.

Answer 3

#trafficker
I will be assuming that you are using the default laravel registration controller in "App\Http\Controllers\Auth\RegisterController"
So in your RegisterController, there is a protected create method which accepts an array of data (data from the form submitted)
To get the ip address, laravel has provided a method for that on its Request Object
So you have $ip = Request::ip()
As for the date, you can use carbon which comes by default $date = \Carbon\Carbon::now()
As for getting the seoUrl, you make that function a private function in the RegisterController class and call it passing the string you want, (maybe the full name).
So In effect, your create method will look like this
protected function create(array $data)
{
return User::create([
'name' => $data['name'],
'email' => $data['email'],
'seoUrl' => $this->generateSeoUrl($data['name']),
'ip' => Request::ip(),
'data_of_registration' => \Carbon\Carbon::now(),
... /*Other form fields continue*/
'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
]);
}