Laravel 5: one form to update 2 linked tables. How to? - php

Question

I have the 2 simple tables below:
CUSTOMERS
id, email
CLAIMS
id, customer_id(fk), description
I created the related models (Customers.php and Claims.php) and set-up relationships: hasOne() and belongsTo().
I also have my related RESTful controllers ready: CustomersController.php and ClaimsController.php.
What would be the best solution if I need to create/update records in both tables by submitting one form? Create one general controller? Mix models?
I have been searching in Laravel docs and on Google and still have no idea how to achieve this.

Answer 1

Customer model
public function claims(){
return $this->hasMany('App\Claims');
}
Claims model
public function customer(){
return $this->belongsTo('App\Customer');
}
Now in controller u need to send request in store action
Something like this
class CreateCustomerClaim extends Request {
/**
* Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
*
* #return bool
*/
public function authorize()
{
return true;
}
/**
* Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
*
* #return array
*/
public function rules()
{
return [
'email' => 'required',
'description'=> 'required'
];
}
}
Now in store action send your request, grab data from request and insert it in db
public function store(CreateCustomerClainsRextends $request)
{
//example
$customer= new Customer($request->all());
Auth::user()->claims()->save($customer);
}
if u need to update use same request in update function, when u grab data from request just use update. Here is example where i update 3 different tables from one request
public function update($id,ArtikalUpdateRequest $request)
{
$article = Artikal::findOrFail($id);
if($article !== null){
$article->update($request->all());
\DB::table('artikal_podkategorija')
->where('artikal_id', $article->id)
->update(array('podkategorija_id' => $request['podkategorija']));
\DB::table('arikalslike')
->where('artikal_id', $article->id)
->update(array('NazivSlike' => $request['NazivSlike']));
$slika = \DB::table('arikalslike')
->where('artikal_id', $article->id)->first();
$image = Request::file('image');
//dd($image);
if($image != null){
$destinationPath = 'uploads/artiklislike/';
$thumb = $slika->SifraSlike;
$fileName = $thumb;
$nazivthumb = $slika->NazivThumb;
$slika->NazivSlike = $request['NazivSlike'];
$slika->NazivThumb = $nazivthumb;
$slika->SifraSlike = $fileName;
$slika->artikal_id = $article->id;
//Snima sliku
$img = Image::make(Input::file('image'));
$destinationPath = $destinationPath.$fileName;
Image::make($img)->save($destinationPath);
// Snima sliku u manjem formatu thumb
$destinationPath = 'uploads/artiklislike/';
$img = Image::make(Input::file('image'));
$destinationPath = $destinationPath.$nazivthumb;
Image::make($img)->resize(300, 200)->save($destinationPath);
}
}
return redirect('artikli')->with(['flash_message' => 'Uspiješno ste obrisali artikal!']);
}