I have a model user contains below

class User extends Authenticatable implements MustVerifyEmail
{
 public function friends()
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Friends::class);
    }
}

and a friends models contains following

class friends extends Model
{
    public function user()
    {
        return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
    }
}

Controller contain following

public function update(ProfileUpdateRequest $request)
    {
        $request->user()->fill($request->validated());
        $request->user()->save();

        return Redirect::route('profile.edit')->with('status', 'profile-updated');
    }

rules contains related table field interest, i wanted to update that field,

public function rules()
    {
        return [
            'name' => ['string', 'max:255'],
            'email' => ['email', 'max:255', Rule::unique(User::class)->ignore($this->user()->id)],
            'interest' => ['required', 'min:3', 'max:10000']
        ];
    }

when i update the form it only update the user model data and not the friends model field interest, can someone help please?

CodePudding user response：

Going by what you've posted thus far, I would say that fill() will take care of the values native to User model. However, if you want to fill in the values of a one-to-many relation, you have to take an extra step.

One-to-many relationship: https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/eloquent-relationships#one-to-many

Inserting data into relations: https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/eloquent-relationships#inserting-and-updating-related-models

In the controller, you can try something like:

// import App\Models\friends as Friend;


$request->user()->friends()->save(new Friend([
  'interest' => $request->interest
]));

The above code adds new friends. To update existing friends, you can do this:

$friends = $request->user()->friends;

foreach ($friends as $friend) {
  $friend->interest = $request->interest;
  $friend->save();
}

If the code doesn't work, check if "interest" is added to the $fillables property in your "friends" model. It should go through, but if you use a method like "friends::updateOrCreate", it will not populate if it's not in the $fillables array property.

See mass-assignment: https://laravel.com/docs/9.x/eloquent#mass-assignment