How to return the result from listener to the Controller-CodePudding

I'm working with Laravel 9 and I have called this event in my Controller method when a new user signs up and registers:

$data = $request->validated();

event(new RegisterNewUserEvent($data));

$code = ActiveCode::generateCode($user);
dd($code);

So the RegisterNewUserEvent event will create a new record by calling this listener:

public function handle(RegisterNewUserEvent $event)
    {
        $firstName = $event->data['fname'];
        $lastName = $event->data['lname'];
        $userName = $event->data['uname'];
        $mobilePhone = $event->data['phone'];
        $hashPassword = Hash::make($event->data['password']);
        $randomString = Str::random(20);

        $user = User::create([
            'usr_first_name' => $firstName,
            'usr_last_name' => $lastName,
            'usr_user_name' => $userName,
            'usr_mobile_phone' => $mobilePhone,
            'usr_password_hash' => $hashPassword,
            'usr_str' => $randomString,
        ]);

        $event->data = $user->id;
    }

So it stores the new created user at $user object and back to the Controller method, I need this object for returning the activation code like this:

$code = ActiveCode::generateCode($user);

But I don't know, how to get the $user object from the event listener and call it again at the Controller method!

So if you know, please let me know...

CodePudding user response：

In my opinion, the usage of events here is incorrect.

Events/Listeners can be used after a specific event has happened to execute a function based on that event.

For example, After a new user registers, send them a welcome email.

So, you'll have an event that is called NewUserRegistered which gets broadcasted whenever the registration is completed. And for that event, you'll have a listener (or more) that is called SendWelcomeEmail.

In your case, I think you have them in reverse.

From my understanding, you want to generate some kind of code for a newly registered user.

So, you can have the logic to register a user in your controller (or maybe a service class if the logic is being used in multiple controllers/places) and then an event that gets broadcasted after the registration process has completed which will have a listener to execute the generate active code piece of logic that you have. That way, you can accept the newly registered user as a param in the event and have access to it in the listener.

I hope this helps. Let me know if I haven't understood your question correctly and I'll update my answer accordingly.