Laravel - Update database record if already exists - all fields - php

Question

I am trying to get Laravel to update a database record, if it's already exists. This is my table:
id | booking_reference | description | date
------------------------------------------------------
PRI KEY | UNIQUE | MEDIUM TEXT | DATE
AUTO INC | |
My model looks like this:
Document.php:
class Document extends Model
{
protected $fillable = [
'booking_reference', 'description', 'date'
];
}
And my controller, looks like this - please note that it's webhook() that's being called.
DocumentController.php:
class DocparserController extends Controller
{
//This is the function to capture the webhook
public function webhook(Request $request)
{
$document = new Document();
$document->fill($request->all());
//Grab the date_formatted field from our request.
$document->date = $request->input('date_formatted');
$document->updateOrCreate(
['booking_reference' => $document->booking_reference],
//How can I do so it updates all fields?
);
return response()->json("OK");
}
}
So my problem is, that I cannot figure out how to update my entire row, where the booking_reference is already present.
I want to update all fields (description, date), without having to enter them all like:
['booking_reference' => $document->booking_reference],
['description' => $document->comments, 'date' => $document->date]

Answer 1

Document::updateOrCreate(
['booking_reference' => $request->input('booking_reference')],
$request->all() + ['date' => $request->input('date_formatted')]
);
If you wanted to adjust the request inputs before calling that you could do that mapping and slim this down.
$request->merge(['date' => $request->input('date_formatted')]);
// now $request->all() has `date`
...updateOrcreate(
[...],
$request->all(),
)
That particular field has to be mapped at some point ... if you really really wanted to you could actually have a middleware do this mapping, which would slim this down to just $request->all() as the second array.
Or even set up a mutator for date_formatted that sets date.
Basically this has to happen somewhere, it just depends where.

Answer 2

You can use any one of the following to check if the records exists and run the update query if the data already exists.
$user = Document::where('booking_reference', '=', $request->booking_reference)->first();
if ($user === null) {
// user doesn't exist
}
OR
if (Document::where('booking_reference', '=', $request->booking_reference)->count() > 0) {
// user found
}
Or even nicer
if (Document::where('booking_reference', '=', $request->booking_reference)->exists()) {
// user found
}
And i do not think you can update an entire row of data at once. You have to point which attribute to update to which one.

Answer 3

I would have a private function to normalize the input data:
private static function transformRequestInput($requestArray)
{
$map = ['date_formatted'=>'date'];
foreach($map as $key=>$newKey){
if(isset($requestArray[$key])) {
$requestArray[$newKey] = $requestArray[$key];
unset($requestArray[$key]);
}
}
return $requestArray;
}
And I would use it like so:
$document->updateOrCreate(
['booking_reference' => $document->booking_reference],
self::transformRequestInput($request->all())
);

Answer 4

If you want a class or object to associative array (properties must be public):
$updateArr = (array) $document;
$document->updateOrCreate($updateArr);
However, you use a protected property ($fillable) so you must:
$document = new Document();
$document->fill($request->all());
//Grab the date_formatted field from our request.
$document->date = $request->input('date_formatted');
$reflection = new ReflectionClass($document);
$property = $reflection->getProperty('fillable');
$property->setAccessible(true);
$updateArr = (array) $property->getValue($document);
$property->setAccessible(false);
$document->updateOrCreate($updateArr);
return response()->json("OK");