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Hi, I'm currently developing a web project And trying to implement the finish status to set the status into finish once the booking has been paid. When the finish button is created, the status won't change. How do i resolve this problem??
The Controller :
public function finish($id){
$booking = Booking::find($id);
$booking->status = 'Finish';
$booking->save();
return redirect()->back();
}
The Route :
Route::get('/finish/{id}','BookingController@finish');
The blade :
@if($booking->status == 'paid')
<a href="{{url('finish'), $booking->id}}" class="btn btn-success">
{{__("Finish")}}
</a>
@endif
Don't use a GET request for this.
Route::post('/finish/{id}','BookingController@finish')->name('booking.finish');
@if($booking->status == 'paid')
<form method="POST" action="{{ route('booking.finish', $booking->id}}">
@csrf
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-success">
{{__("Finish")}}
</button>
</form>
@endif
@tykus I thought using get was a way. Because i created a testing web for status change to test my logic. It works fine tho
@Nicho a GET request should be safe
HTTP methods are considered safe if they do not alter the server state.
Use the form example I shared above instead - this will make a POST request.
@tykus Thank you so much for your help it works now :D
So the idea is that any user can just call that endpoint at any time to set their booking as finished (without paying) ?
Anyways. Make sure you are hitting the endpoint
public function finish($id){
dd($id);
$booking = Booking::find($id);
@Sinnbeck I set it in the blade file, if the booking->status == 'paid', the admin can change the status to finish
@Nicho But anyone can call that route. Or I can trick an admin to click a link that sets mine to paid.
@Nicho what is the different between paid and finished? If it is just an admin check, then you can ditch it altogether
@Lumethys So what i want is, that when the customer(the user) is already paid the booking, the customer enjoy the holiday package that they're ordered, after that the vendor(admin) can set the booking status from paid to finish, and send an email to the customer that recently just enjoyed his holiday package and give a review about their experienced
@Nicho How do your admin know when a booking had finished? I assume there s a time field on the Booking Model?, something like:
Booking{ to:London, start: 10/10/2022, end: 15/10/2020}
if you, cant you just automate the process?
create a schedule, everyday it would check the Booking table:
$bookings = Booking::where('stattus', 'paid')->get();
foreach($bookings as $booking){
$endDate = Carbon::parse($booking->end);
$now = Carbon::now();
if ($now->greaterThan($endDate)){ // if today is greater than the booking's last day
Mail::to($booking->client())->send(new SomeThankYouEMail($booking));
$booking->status = 'finished'
$booking->save();
}
}
@Lumethys How the admin and customer know when their booking is finish, they will recieve an email that tell them the booking is finished
@Nicho i dont know exactly how you determine when a booking had finished, I assumed it to be an end_date field in your db
The important thing is, there must be someway to programmatically determined whether a Booking is finished
Think about this: If your app grow and there is 1000 client per day, do your admin manually check for thousands of booking per day?
they will recieve an email that tell them the booking is finished
Who will send this email? the User? Impractical. If your user forgot to mail you, will the status never change? If your app had 5 000 user per day, do your admin need to manually check 5000 box per day?
Automate this process, when someone Book a trip, they must have a start day and an end date, no? "I want to book a trip to Venice from 12/10/2022 to 20/10/2022" or something like that.
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