laravel 4 pivot table save not working - php

Question

I am having trouble saving(creating new row) with extra data to a pivot table.
I am having to use a legacy db schema (that is still working on a live site). I am currently redoing the site in Laravel.
<?php namespace Carepilot\Repositories\Organizations;
use Carepilot\Repositories\EloquentRepositoryAbstract;
/*
* This class is the Eloquent Implementation of the Organization Repository
*/
class OrganizationRepositoryEloquent extends EloquentRepositoryAbstract implements OrganizationRepositoryInterface {
/*
* Define Eloquent Organization Type Relation.
*
*/
public function orgtypes()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('Carepilot\Repositories\OrganizationTypes\OrganizationTypesRepositoryEloquent', 'organizations_orgtypes', 'organization_id', 'orgtype_id')
->withPivot('objectstate_id');
}
}
<?php namespace Carepilot\Repositories\OrganizationTypes;
use Carepilot\Repositories\EloquentRepositoryAbstract;
/*
* This class is the Eloquent Implementation of the Organization Repository
*/
class OrganizationTypesRepositoryEloquent extends EloquentRepositoryAbstract implements OrganizationTypesRepositoryInterface {
protected $table = 'orgtypes';
/*
* Define Eloquent Organization Type Relation.
*
*/
public function organizations()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('Carepilot\Repositories\Organizations\OrganizationRepositoryEloquent', 'organizations_orgtypes', 'organization_id', 'orgtype_id')
->withPivot('objectstate_id');
}
}
Here in the Orgaizations controller I try to save a new organization but get an error in the pivot table.
<?php
use \Carepilot\Repositories\Organizations\OrganizationRepositoryInterface;
use \Carepilot\Repositories\Procedures\ProcedureRepositoryInterface;
use \Carepilot\Helpers\StatesHelper;
class OrganizationsController extends BaseController {
/**
* Organization Repository
*
* #var organization_repo
*/
protected $organization_repo;
protected $procedures;
protected $states;
public function __construct(OrganizationRepositoryInterface $organization_repo,
ProcedureRepositoryInterface $procedures,
StatesHelper $states)
{
$this->organization_repo = $organization_repo;
$this->procedures = $procedures;
$this->states = $states;
}
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function index()
{
return View::make('organizations.index');
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function create()
{
$supportedStates = ['' => 'Choose'] + $this->states->supportedStates();
$procedures = $this->procedures->getDropDown();
return View::make('organizations.create', compact('supportedStates', 'procedures'));
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #return Response
*/
public function store()
{
$input = Input::all();
// validation here
$new_organization = $this->organization_repo->create(array_only($input, ['organization_name']));
$input['objectstate_id'] = 27;
$input['orgtype_id'] = 1;
$new_organization->orgtypes->pivot->create(array_only($input, ['objectstate_id', 'orgtype_id']));
$new_organization->addresses()->create(array_only($input, ['street1', 'zip', 'city', 'state_code']));
$input['objectstate_id'] = 4;
$new_organization->users()->create(array_only($input, ['first_name', 'last_name', 'email', 'password', 'objectstate_id']));
return "completed";
}
This returns "Undefined property: Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Collection::$pivot” because the pivot has not been created yet. What am I missing?

Answer 1

I found that the 'attach' method does what I want with something like
$new_organization->orgtypes()->attach(1, ['objectstate_id' => '27']);