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Hi all, I have Array to string conversion error, and i made some modification but it did'not work, any help would be much appreciated !
Here is my migration for the class events
public function up()
{
Schema::create('events', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->longText('title')->nullable();
$table->longText('description')->nullable();
$table->longText('organizer')->nullable();
$table->longText('address')->nullable();
$table->longText('location')->nullable();
$table->string('phone')->nullable();
$table->string('email')->nullable();
$table->dateTime('start_date')->nullable();
$table->dateTime('finish_date')->nullable();
$table->string('start_time')->nullable();
$table->string('finish_time')->nullable();
$table->string('photo');
$table->boolean('is_active')->nullable();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
In controller
public function store(Request $request)
{
$event = new Event();
if (!$request->has('is_active'))
$request->request->add(['is_active' => 0]);
else
$request->request->add(['is_active' => 1]);
$fileName = "";
if ($request->hasFile('photo')) {
$image = $request->file('photo');
$fileName = $image->getClientOriginalName();
$image_resize = Image::make($image->getRealPath())->resize(510, 300);
$image_resize->save(public_path('images/events/'. $fileName));
}
$event->start_date = $request->start_date;
$event->finish_date = $request->finish_date;
$event->start_time = $request->start_time;
$event->finish_time = $request->finish_time;
$event->email = $request->email;
$event->phone = $request->phone;
$event->photo = $fileName;
$event->title = ['en' => $request->title, 'ar' => $request->title_ar, 'fr' => $request->title_fr];
$event->description = ['en' => $request->description, 'ar' => $request->description_ar, 'fr' => $request->description_fr];
$event->organizer = ['en' => $request->organizer, 'ar' => $request->organizer_ar, 'fr' => $request->organizer_fr];
$event->address = ['en' => $request->address, 'ar' => $request->address_ar, 'fr' => $request->address_fr];
$event->location = ['en' => $request->location, 'ar' => $request->location_ar, 'fr' => $request->location_fr];
$event->save();
return redirect()->route('all.event')->with(['success' => 'Saved Successfully']);
}
In view
<form action="{{ route('store.event') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" novalidate>
@csrf
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="">
<div class="row">
</div>
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Title ar</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="title_ar">
</div>
@error('title_ar')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Title en</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="title">
</div>
@error('title')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls ">
<label class="summ-label">Title fr</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder=" " name="title_fr">
</div>
@error('title_fr')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Organizer ar</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="organizer_ar">
</div>
@error('organizer_ar')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Organizer en</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="organizer">
</div>
@error('organizer')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls ">
<label class="summ-label">Organizer fr</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder=" " name="organizer_fr">
</div>
@error('organizer_fr')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Location ar</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="location_ar">
</div>
@error('location_ar')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Location en</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="location">
</div>
@error('location')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls ">
<label class="summ-label">Location fr</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder=" " name="location_fr">
</div>
@error('location_fr')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Address ar</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="address_ar">
</div>
@error('address_ar')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Address en</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="address">
</div>
@error('address')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-4">
<div class="controls ">
<label class="summ-label">Address fr</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder=" " name="address_fr">
</div>
@error('address_fr')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-6">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Phone</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="" name="phone">
</div>
@error('phone')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-6">
<div class="controls ">
<label class="summ-label">Email</label>
<input type="text" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder=" " name="email">
</div>
@error('email')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="summ-label">Start Date</label>
<input type="date" class="form-control input-lg" id="dropPrimaryColor" placeholder="Date Dropper" name="start_date">
</div>
@error('start_date')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-6">
<div class="controls ">
<label class="summ-label">Finish Date</label>
<input type="date" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder=" " name="finish_date">
</div>
@error('finish_date')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-6">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Start Time</label>
<input type="text" class="clocklet-events form-control round" data-clocklet="format: _H:_m;" maxlength="5" value=" 0:00"
name="start_time">
</div>
@error('start_time')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-6">
<div class="controls ">
<label class="summ-label">Finish Time</label>
<input type="text" class="clocklet-events form-control round" data-clocklet="format: _H:_m;" maxlength="5" value=" 0:00"
name="finish_time">
</div>
@error('finish_time')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group col-lg-12 col-md-6">
<div class="summernote-css">
<label for="complaintinput1" class="">Description in arabic</label>
<textarea id="summernote1" rows="5" class="form-control" name="description_ar" placeholder="details"></textarea>
</div>
@error('description_ar')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-lg-12 col-md-6">
<div class="controls summernote-css">
<label for="complaintinput1">Description in english</label>
<textarea id="summernote2" rows="5" class="form-control" name="description" placeholder="details"></textarea>
</div>
@error('description')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-lg-12 col-md-6">
<div class="controls summernote-css">
<label for="complaintinput1">Description in french</label>
<textarea id="summernote3" name="description_fr" rows="5" class="form-control" placeholder="details"></textarea>
</div>
@error('description_fr')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="row">
<div class="form-group col-md-6">
<div class="form-group mt-1">
<input type="checkbox" name="is_active" id="switcheryColor4" class="switchery" data-color="success" checked value="1"/>
<label for="switcheryColor4" class="card-title ml-1">Main Slider</label>
</div>
@error('is_active')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
<div class="form-group col-md-6">
<div class="controls">
<label for="complaintinput1">Photo</label>
<input type="file" id="complaintinput1" class="form-control round" placeholder="company name" name="photo">
</div>
@error('photo')
<span class="text-danger">{{ $message }}</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-12 d-flex flex-sm-row flex-column justify-content-end mt-2">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-warning mr-1"
onclick="history.back();">
<i class="ft-x"></i> Save
</button>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">
<i class="la la-check-square-o"></i> Back
</button>
</div>
</div>
</form>
```
You need to use array casting on those attributes.
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Event extends Model
{
/**
* The attributes that should be cast.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $casts = [
'title' => 'array',
// and so on
];
}
Docs: https://laravel.com/docs/8.x/eloquent-mutators#array-and-json-casting
Since i'm using Translatable package, i forgot to add an array in Model, after adding
public $translatable = ['title','description','organizer','address','location'];
``` its working now ! Thanks alot for your valuable time and support !
No, only for those fiels where you want to save an array.
I will add those fields too, to avoid future problem, Thanks
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