Post Error 500 adding a new row using Eloquent - php

Question

I'm trying to follow a tutorial making a social network, the functionality of liking and disliking when no row is available in the database using Ajax (adding a new entry) is broken. Tutorial i'm following - this video is where he creates the controller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drM19VKbCgU&list=PL55RiY5tL51oloSGk5XdO2MGjPqc0BxGV&index=20
Development Enviroment:
PhpStorm v9.0
Xampp v3.2.2
jQuery v1.12.0
Google Chrome
Error image:
Error image link
The Whole cycle:
Like and Dislike Button (The View):
<a href="#" class="like">{{ Auth::user()->likes()->where('post_id', $post->id)->first() ?
Auth::user()->likes()->where('post_id', $post->id)->first()->like == 1 ?
'You like this post':'Like' : 'Like' }}</a> |
<a href="#" class="like">{{ Auth::user()->likes()->where('post_id', $post->id)->first() ?
Auth::user()->likes()->where('post_id', $post->id)->first()->like == 0 ?
'You don\'t like this post':'Dislike' : 'Dislike' }}</a>
<script>
var urlLike = '{{ route('like') }}';
</script>
route:
Route::post('/like', [
'uses' => 'PostController#postLikePost',
'as' => 'like'
]);
listener + Ajax Call:
$('.like').on('click', function(event){
event.preventDefault();
postId = event.target.parentNode.parentNode.dataset['postid'];
var isLike = event.target.previousElementSibling == null;
//console.log(postId+' '+isLike);
$.ajax({
method: 'POST',
url: urlLike,
data: {isLike: isLike, postId: postId, _token: token}
})
.done(function(){
console.log(event.target.innerText);
event.target.innerText = isLike ? event.target.innerText == 'Like' ? 'You like this post':'Like' : event.target.innerText == 'Dislike' ? 'You don\'t like this post':'Dislike' ;
if(isLike){
event.target.nextElementSibling.innerText = 'Dislike';
} else{
event.target.nextElementSibling.innerText = 'Like';
}
});
});
Controller:
public function postLikePost(Request $request){
$post_id = $request['postId'];
$is_like = $request['isLike'] === 'true';
$update = false;
$post = Post::find($post_id);
if(!$post){
return null;
}
$user = Auth::user();
$like = $user->likes()->where('post_id', $post_id)->first();
if($like){
$already_like = $like->like;
$update = true;
if($already_like == $is_like){
$like->delete();
return null;
}
}else{
$like->like = $is_like;
$like->post_id = $post_id;
$like->user_id = $user_id;
}
// This is working when the controller is updating but broken when saving
if($update){
$like->update();
} else{
$like->save();
}
return null;
}
P.S:
I'm new to phpstorm and laravel, if you know a good way to debug/log/watch variable values like in eclipse, that would be appreciated.

Answer 1

from what I see the ajax request is using a wrong url it's requesting localhost/public/likes instead of localhost/your_project/public/like
$.ajax({
method: 'POST',
url: 'like',
data: {isLike: isLike, postId: postId, _token: token}
})
should work... or
<script>
var urlLike = '{{ URL::to('like') }}';
</script>
not sure why route() is not working though