Laravel Form Text Not Being Uploaded To Database - php

Question

I am trying to create a comment system for posts on a blog. I created a form for uploading a comment. Both the user_id and the post_id columns are properly populated in the table, however, the body column is empty when enter text and submit it. I defined a relationship that one Post hasMany Comments. Also, I defined that one User hasMany Comments. Here is my code:
//commentcontroller.php
public function newComment(){
$id=Auth::id();
$comment = New Comment();
$comment->user_id=$id;
$comment->post_id=Input::get('post_id');
$comment->body=Input::get('body');
post->comments()->save($comment);
}
Form:
<div class="col-md-8 col-md-offset-2">
<hr>
#foreach($posts as $post)
<h3>{{ $post->title}}</h3>
<p>by {{ $post->user->name }}</p>
<img src='{{ asset($post->image_path) }}' class="img-responsive" id="blogpic"/>
<p>{{ Str::words($post->body) }}</p>
<p>Read More...</p>
<hr>
//COMMENT AREA
{{ Form::open(array('action' => 'CommentController#newComment', 'files'=>true)) }}
{{ Form::textarea('body', null, array('class'=>'form-control')) }}
{{ Form::hidden('post_id', $post->id) }}
<br>
<br>
{{ Form::submit('Post') }}
#endforeach
</div>
I am not concerned yet about displaying comments, just uploading them to the database. The user_id and post_id upload correctly in the database, the text just doesn't save. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

You may try this:
public function newComment()
{
$comment = New Comment();
$comment->user_id = Auth::user()->id;
$comment->post_id = $post_id = Input::get('post_id');
$comment->body = Input::get('body');
Post::find($post_id)->comments()->save($comment);
}
Notice Auth::user()->id is used instead of Auth::id().