Hi all, im trying to store a new post but i get the following message: https://flareapp.io/share/dPb4XnJ5
It seems like I can't attach a tag to a post even though iv'e set this relationship a while ago, recently I added the image upload functions and im not sure if that altered somehow the logic of the functionality.
These are how both relationships look like:
class Tag extends Model
{
public function posts()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Post');
}
use HasFactory;
}
Inside the Post model
public function tags()
{
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Models\Tag')->withTimeStamps();
}
This is how im storing everything regarding a post:
protected function validatePost()
{
return request()->validate([
'title' => 'required|max:255',
'body' => 'required',
'slug' => 'required|max:100',
'tags' => 'exists:tags,id'
]);
}
You need to first save a post.
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validatePost();
$post = new Post(request(['title', 'body', 'slug', 'image_url']));
$fileExtension = request('image')->getClientOriginalName();
$fileName = pathInfo($fileExtension, PATHINFO_FILENAME);
$extension = request('image')->getClientOriginalExtension();
$newFileName = $fileName . '_' . time() . '.' . $extension;
$imgPath = request('image')->storeAs('public/img/post_uploads', $newFileName);
$user = auth()->user();
$post->image_url = $newFileName;
$post->user_id = $user->id;
$post->save();
$post->tags()->attach(request('tags'));
return redirect('/posts');
}
Thanks, that worked.
I would change it to something like this
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validatePost(); // use a form request
$post = Post::create($request->only([
'title', 'body', 'slug', 'image_url'
] + [
'user_id' => auth()->id()
]);
if ($request->hasFile('path')) {
$name = pathInfo($request->image->getClientOriginalName(), PATHINFO_FILENAME).'_'.time().'.'.$request->image->getClientOriginalExtension();
$request->image->storeAs('public/img/post_uploads', $name);
$post->image_url = $name;
}
$post->tags()->attach($request->tags);
return redirect('/posts');
}
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