Save user data on click button - php

Question

I'm working on laravel 5.4 and I have this code:
public function apply($id){
$user = User::where('id', $id)->get()->first();
$data = [
'name' => $user->first_name,
'family' => $user->last_name,
'email' => $user->email,
'username' => $user->username,
'gender' => $user->gender,
'birthday' => $user->birthday,
'cv' => $user->cv,
'about' => $user->about,
'education' => $user->education,
'experiences' => $user->experiences,
];
$company = Company::get()->first();
Mail::send('emails.apply', $data, function ($message) use ($company)
{
$message->from('noreply#gmail.com', 'Robert Nicjoo');
$message->subject('New Apply');
$message->to($company->email);
});
Mail::send('emails.uapply', $data, function ($message) use ($user)
{
$message->from('noreply#gmail.com', 'Robert Nicjoo');
$message->subject('You Applied successfully');
$message->to($user->email);
});
Session::flash('success', 'Your application was sent to company.');
return redirect()->back()->with('session', $data);
}
This will send email to company when user click on apply button and send user info to them, now I also want to save data of the user include user_id, ad_id and company_id in another table so both user and company owners can have access to their history of applied ads.
I also have this table to save data on:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('applies', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('user_id')->unsigned();
$table->integer('ad_id')->unsigned();
$table->integer('company_id')->unsigned();
$table->timestamps();
});
Schema::table('ads', function($table) {
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
$table->foreign('ad_id')->references('id')->on('ads');
$table->foreign('company_id')->references('company_id')->on('ads');
});
}
but in my controller (first codes) I need to know how to save those information in new table (second codes)?
Update:
Ad Model >>
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Ad extends Model
{
protected $fillable = [
'company_id', 'title', 'slug', 'image', 'description', 'address', 'job_title', 'salary',
];
public function company(){
return $this->belongsTo(Company::class);
}
public function category(){
return $this->belongsTo(Category::class);
}
public function location(){
return $this->belongsTo(Location::class);
}
public function employment(){
return $this->belongsTo(Employment::class);
}
}

Answer 1

since your blade is like this:
<a class="btn btn-info btn-round" href="{{ route('apply.btn', Auth::user()->id) }}">
your route should look like
Route::get('apply/{id}', 'ApplyController#apply')->name('apply.btn');
why id only ? because in the discussion we had, i found out that ad_id and company_id was taken from the controller .. then in your controller this should work
public function apply($id)
{
$ad = Ad::first();
$company = Company::first();
$apply = new Apply();
$apply->user_id = $id
$apply->ad_id = $ad->id;
$apply->company_id = $company->id;
$apply->save();
// some more codes //
}
to avoid duplicates using user_id .. add a validation function like
function validateApply(array $data)
{
return Validator::make($data, [
'user_id' => 'required|numeric|unique:apply,user_id,NULL,id,ad_id,'.$data->ad_id,
]);
}
unique:apply - it means it will check the apply table the user_id already applied ..
then in the code above just do
$validateApply= $this->validateApply(['user_id'=>$id,'ad_id'=>$ad->id]);
if(!$validateApply->fails())
{
// do the above code here
}
else
{
// duplicate !!! so do your code here
}
then to retrieve the data assuming apply is already belongsTo the user as well the user hasOne apply
Auth::user()->apply->first()->somefield;
// im not sure how the hasOne works but try
Auth::user()->apply->somefield;

Answer 2

Your Route should be:
Route::post('apply/{$user_id}/{company_id}/{ad_id}','ApplyController#apply');
I think you have created model for ads.
So, simply save data like this:
Your function be like
public function apply(Request $request){
// other code
$apply = new Apply();
$apply->user_id = $request->user_id;
$apply->ad_id = $request->ad_id;
$apply->company_id = $request->company_id;
$apply->save();
// other code
}
And one more thing, You should have ad_id in your post request.