How do I update user profile? Laravel-5 - php

Question

Just want to start by saying I have no clue what I'm doing...
I have a user_info table that looks like this
Schema::create('user_info', function(Blueprint $table){
$table->increments('id');
$table->unsignedInteger('user_id');
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade')->onUpdate('cascade');
$table->string('address');
$table->string('city');
$table->string('state');
$table->string('zip');
$table->text('description');
$table->text('experience');
$table->timestamps();
});
I'm having trouble creating the update controller which looks like this right now.
public function update(Request $request)
{
$user = $request->user();
$data['description'] = $request->input('description');
$data['experience']=$request->input('experience');
$user->user_info -> $data->save();
}
again...no clue what I'm doing...
and this be my form:
<div class='col-md-10 well form-well'>
{!! Form::open(['method' => 'PATCH', 'action'=> ['UserController#update', Request::user()->id]]) !!}
<div class='row'>
<div class='form-group'>
<div class='col-md-2'>
{!! Form::label('description', 'About You')!!}
</div>
<div class='col-md-7'>
{!! Form::textarea('description', null, ['class'=>'form-control', 'rows'=>'3'])!!}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class='row'>
<div class='form-group'>
<div class='col-md-2'>
{!! Form::label('experience', 'Experience and Skills')!!}
</div>
<div class='col-md-7'>
{!! Form::text('experience', null, ['class'=>'form-control'])!!}
</div>
</div>
</div>
<div class='form-group'>
{!! Form::submit('Save Changes',['class'=> 'btn btn-md btn-success']) !!}
{!! Form::close()!!}
</div>
Update: I was able to update it like this:
$user->user_info->description = $data['description'];
$user->user_info->experience = $data['experience'];
$user->user_info->save();
But is there a way I can do something like :
$user->user_info->$request::Input::all();
$user->user_info->save();

Answer 1

Try this:
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$User = User::with('user_info')->find($id);
if(!$User) {
return response('User not found', 404);
}
$UserInfo = $User->user_info;
if(!$UserInfo) {
$UserInfo = new UserInfo();
$UserInfo->user_id = $id;
$UserInfo->save();
}
try {
$values = Input::only($UserInfo->getFillable());
$UserInfo->update($values);
} catch(Exception $ex) {
return response($ex->getMessage(), 400);
}
}
also in Your UserInfo model add this:
protected $fillable = array('description', 'experience');
public function getFillable() {
return $this->fillable;
}