Product info not updating to database - php

Question

I am working on a shopping cart app.
The products created are stored in the database and this works fine.
However, the products are not updating to the database.
I have looked over this and cannot figure out why because I am saving the product info to the db in my postEdit function.
Here is my ProductsController.php
public function postEdit() {
$product = Product::find(Input::get('id'));
if ($product) {
$image = Input::file('image');
$filename = time() . '.' . $image->getClientOriginalExtension();
$path = public_path('img/products/' . $filename);
Image::make($image->getRealPath())->resize(468, 249)->save($path);
$product->image = 'img/products/'.$filename;
$product->save();
$product->update(Input::except('image'));
return Redirect::to('admin/products/index')
->with('message', 'Product Updated');
}
return Redirect::to('admin/products/index')
->with('message', 'Something went wrong, please try again');
}
Here is my Product.php model
<?php
class Product extends Eloquent {
protected $fillable = array('category_id', 'title', 'description', 'price', 'availability', 'image');
public static $rules = array(
'category_id'=>'required|integer',
'title'=>'required|min:2',
'description'=>'required|min:20',
'price'=>'required|numeric',
'availability'=>'integer',
'image'=>'required|image|mimes:jpeg,jpg,bmp,png,gif'
);
public function category() {
return $this->belongsTo('Category');
}
}
Here is my index.php for products view
#extends('layouts.main')
#section('content')
<div id="admin">
<h1>Products Admin Panel</h1><hr>
<p>Here you can view, edit, delete, and create new products.</p>
<h2>Products</h2><hr>
<ul>
#foreach($products as $product)
<li>
{{ HTML::image($product->image, $product->title, array('width'=>'50')) }}
{{ $product->title }} -
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'admin/products/destroy', 'class'=>'form-inline', 'files'=>true)) }}
{{ Form::hidden('id', $product->id) }}
{{ Form::submit('delete', array('onclick'=>'return checkDelete()')) }}
{{ Form::close() }} -
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'admin/products/toggle-availability', 'class'=>'form-inline', 'files'=>true))}}
{{ Form::hidden('id', $product->id) }}
{{ Form::select('availability', array('1'=>'In Stock', '0'=>'Out of Stock'), $product->availability) }}
{{ Form::submit('Update') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'admin/products/edit', 'files'=>true, 'class'=>'form-inline', 'files'=>true))}}
{{ Form::hidden('id', $product->id) }}
{{ Form::label('title') }}
{{ Form::text('title', $product->title) }}
{{ Form::label('description') }}
{{ Form::textarea('description', $product->description) }}
{{ Form::label('price') }}
{{ Form::text('price', $product->price, null, array('class'=>'form-price')) }}
{{ Form::label('image', 'Choose an image') }}
{{ Form::file('image') }}
{{ Form::submit('edit') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
</li>
#endforeach
</ul>
<h2>Create New Product</h2><hr>
#if($errors->has())
<div id="form-errors">
<p>The following errors have occurred:</p>
<ul>
#foreach($errors->all() as $error)
<li>{{ $error }}</li>
#endforeach
</ul>
</div><!-- end form-errors -->
#endif
{{ Form::open(array('url'=>'admin/products/create', 'files'=>true)) }}
<p>
{{ Form::label('category_id', 'Category') }}
{{ Form::select('category_id', $categories) }}
</p>
<p>
{{ Form::label('title') }}
{{ Form::text('title') }}
</p>
<p>
{{ Form::label('description') }}
{{ Form::textarea('description') }}
</p>
<p>
{{ Form::label('price') }}
{{ Form::text('price', null, array('class'=>'form-price')) }}
</p>
<p>
{{ Form::label('image', 'Choose an image') }}
{{ Form::file('image') }}
</p>
{{ Form::submit('Create Product', array('class'=>'secondary-cart-btn')) }}
{{ Form::close() }}
</div><!-- end admin -->
#stop
Here is my database table info:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('products', function($table){
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('category_id')->unsigned();
$table->foreign('category_id')->references('id')->on('categories');
$table->string('title');
$table->text('description');
$table->decimal('price', 6, 2);
$table->boolean('availability')->default(1);
$table->string('image');
$table->timestamps();
});
}

Answer 1

I think you need to swap the update and save functions around:
$product->update(Input::except('image'));
$product->save();