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Why? You create the booking
$booking = Booking::create([
now $booking->id contains what would have been the $nextId
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What is the best way to find the next id in the table? For example, a customer is creating a booking number 119 and I want to log it, how would I find that in the same method I'm storing the booking?
See example:
public function createBooking(Request $request)
{
$token = uniqid();
$booking_ref = uniqid();
$nextId = Booking::find /////// what do here?
$booking = Booking::create([
'carNumber' => $request->input('carNumber'),
'carSize' => $request->input('carSize'),
'carMake' => $request->input('carMake'),
'carType' => $request->input('carType'),
'carColor' => $request->input('carColor'),
'name' => $request->input('name'),
'socialId' => $request->input('socialId'),
'email' => $request->input('email'),
'phone' => $request->input('phone'),
'dropOffDate' => $request->input('dropOffDate'),
'dropOffTime' => $request->input('dropOffTime'),
'pickUpDate' => $request->input('pickUpDate'),
'pickUpTime' => $request->input('pickUpTime'),
'flightNumber' => $request->input('flightNumber'),
'numberOfDays' => $request->input('numberOfDays'),
'priceForDays' => $request->input('priceForDays'),
'paidPrice' => $request->input('paidPrice'),
'step' => $request->input('step'),
'reservation_date' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s"),
'token_expaire_date' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s"),
'token_korta' => $token,
'booking_ref' => $booking_ref
]);
$booking->services()->attach($request->input('selectedServicesId'));
$key = $booking_ref . '-' . $token;
$dateTimeNow = date("Y-m-d H:i:s");
Log::channel('slack')->notice('Bókun hefur stofnuð. Kt: '.($booking->socialId).', Netfang: '.($booking->email).', Bókunarnr.: '.$key.', Dags.: '.$dateTimeNow.', Skref: 1');
if (request()->wantsJson()) {
return $key;
}
return $key;
}
Why? You create the booking
$booking = Booking::create([
now $booking->id contains what would have been the $nextId
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