Laravel: PDOException in Connection.php line 319: SQLSTATE[42S02] - php

Question

During database update, I try to validate my inputs, but I get this error message every time (clicked on submit button):
PDOException in Connection.php line 319: SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table
or view not found: 1146 Table 'app_db.user_id' doesn't exist
Without validation my update works on the user_details table.
UserDetailsController.php
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Session;
use App\UserDetails;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Input;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Redirect;
class UserDetailsController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
$details = UserDetails::all()->where('user_id', \Auth::user()->id);
return \View::make('pages.personal_datas')
->with('details', $details);
}
public function update()
{
$details = UserDetails::where('user_id', \Auth::user()->id)->first();
$validator = UserDetails::validate(Input::all());
if($validator->fails())
{
$messages = $validator->messages();
return redirect()->action('UserDetailsController#index')
->withErrors($validator);
}
else
{
$details->email = Input::get('email');
$details->phone = Input::get('phone');
$details->country = Input::get('country');
$details->city = Input::get('city');
$details->address = Input::get('address');
$details->save();
Session::flash('message', 'Successfully updated!');
return redirect()->action('UserDetailsController#index');
}
}
}
UserDetails.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Validator;
class UserDetails extends Model
{
public $timestamps = false;
protected $guarded = [];
protected $primaryKey = 'user_id';
protected $table = 'user_details';
public static $rules = array(
'email' => 'email|unique:user_id|required',
'phone' => 'min:11|required',
'country' => 'min:4|required',
'city' => 'min:2|required',
'address' => 'min:4|required',
);
public static function validate($data)
{
return Validator::make($data, static::$rules);
}
}
UPDATE

Answer 1

Your issue lies with your validation of the user email
unique:user_id -> unique:user_details, user_id should be the proper rule format
full rule will read: 'email' => 'email|unique:user_details,user_id|required'
Your original validation rule is trying to query the user_id table, which doesn't exist.