Laravel Controller : How to use function store and create - php

Question

I am currently new to laravel and I am working on a basic project where a service provider (SP) is able to post service details by filling up a form.
I am trying to check if SP has uploaded a featured image. If yes, then rename file by using
$featured = $request->featured;
$featured_new_name = time().$featured->getClientOriginalName();
$featured->move('uploads/services', $featured_new_name);
and saving it to the uploads/services/ directory.
My ServiceController.php looks like this
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'name' => 'required|max:255',
'address' => 'required|max:255',
'city' => 'required|max:255',
'state' => 'required|max:255',
'zipcode' => 'required|integer|digits:5',
'category_id' => 'required',
'workingday' => 'required',
'content' => 'required'
]);
//checking if featured image (logo file) is uploaded or not
if($request->hasfile('featured'))
{
$featured = $request->featured;
$featured_new_name = time().$featured->getClientOriginalName();
$featured->move('uploads/services', $featured_new_name);
}
else { }
$featured->move('uploads/services', $featured_new_name);
$service = Service::create([
'name' => $request->name,
'content' => $request->content,
'address' => $request->address,
'city' => $request->city,
'state' => $request->state,
'zipcode' => $request->zipcode,
]);
if($request->hasfile('featured'))
{
$service = Service::create([
'name' => $request->name,
'content' => $request->content,
'featured' =>'uploads/services/'.$featured_new_name,
'address' => $request->address,
'city' => $request->city,
'state' => $request->state,
'zipcode' => $request->zipcode,
]);
}
$service->workingdays()->attach($request->workingday);
$service->categories()->attach($request->category_id);
$service->user_id=auth()->id();
$service->save();
Session::flash('success','Service created successfully');
return view('sp.services.create')->with('categories', Category::all())->with('workingday', Workingday::all());
}
In the migration file:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('services', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('name');
$table->string('address');
$table->string('city');
$table->string('state');
$table->string('zipcode');
$table->integer('routes_id');
$table->string('featured')->default('/uploads/services/default.png');
$table->text('content')->nullable();
$table->string('slug');
$table->integer('user_id');
$table->softDeletes();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
I am saving the logged in user_id along with all other service details.
When the user uploads a logo file, this code stores two records in the database: one with the correct user_id and one with 0. When the user does not upload the logo file, only one record is stored with all correct values.
Here user_id 2 is a correct entry. Please help me improve this code.

Answer 1

Seems your session expired, when you save the second record, that's why the user_id is 0 for your second record.
Can you check your session as follows before you save the record ?
if (Auth::user()) {
// post the data and save the record
} else {
// redirect the user to the login page
}

Answer 2

I think this portion of code help you to fix out the error.
class DocumentController extends Controller
{
public function store(Request $request)
{
$images = $request->file('files');
if($request->hasFile('files')) :
foreach ($images as $item):
$var = date_create();
$time = date_format($var, 'YmdHis');
$imageName = $time . '-' . $item->getClientOriginalName();
$item->move(base_path() . '/uploads/file/', $imageName);
$arr[] = $imageName;
endforeach;
$image = implode(",", $arr);
else:
$image = '';
endif;
DB::table('document')->insert(array('id' => $id,'image' => $image));
Session::flash('message', 'Image are uploaded successfully');
return redirect('/addimage');
}
}