On a Laravel 'update' function, how to parse a JSON object, and store it with a ForEach lo-CodePudding

I am using the Laravel framework to work with my MySQL database, and currently want to update my database from a JSON object, that will be sent from somewhere else.

Currently, I have it the same as my 'Store' function, which is obviously not going to work, because it will update everything, or refuse to work because it is missing information.

This is the for each I have currently, it does not work, but I am not experienced with how it is best to parse a JSON with a for-each, then store it.

 public function update(Request $request,$student)
    {
        $storeData = User::find($student);
        
       foreach ($request as $value) {
            $storeData-> username = $value;
       }

Here is my store function, with all the info that the front-end team may send in a JSON format.

$storeData->username=$request->input('username');
        $storeData->password=$request->input('password');
        $storeData->email=$request->input('email');
        $storeData->location=$request->input('location');
        $storeData->role=DB::table('users')->where('user_id', $student)->value('role');
        $storeData->devotional_id=$request->input('devotional_id');
        $storeData->gift_id=$request->input('gift_id');

       $storeData->save(); 
        return dd("Info Recieved");

CodePudding user response：

you can convert your JSON object to an array and then do your foreach loop on the new array. To update a table in Laravel it's update ($storeData->update();) not save. Save is to insert.

$Arr = json_decode($request, true);

CodePudding user response：

You can write the method like the below snippet.

Also, assume you are working with laravel API, so you don't need to parse the incoming JSON input, but you will receive these values as items in the request object.

However, you should use the filled method in order to determine if the field is existing and has a value, the update function will override with empty values otherwise.

I just added this method to the first input, but you have to use it each and every input if you are not sure what the front end will pass.

public function update(Request $request, $student)
{
    $storeData = User::find($student); // should be id

    if ($request->filled('username')) { // use this for other items also
        $storeData->username      =  $request->input('username');
    }
    $storeData->password      =  $request->input('password');
    $storeData->email         =  $request->input('email');
    $storeData->location      =  $request->input('location');
    $storeData->role          =  DB::table('users')->where('user_id', $student)->value('role');
    $storeData->devotional_id =  $request->input('devotional_id');
    $storeData->gift_id       =  $request->input('gift_id');

    $storeData->update(); 
    dd("Info Recieved");
}