User data within Controller

Auth::user()->id or Auth::id() or $request->user()->id

It doesn't sound like getting the ID is the problem

Why not show the code where you reference it?

@SNAPEY - Sorry, I just didn't think it was necessary, here is the full function.

public function createPost(Request $request)
{

        $data['title'] = $request['title'];
        $data['author'] = $request->user()->id;
        $data['description'] = $request['description'];

        if($request->hasfile('img'))
        {
            $name = $request->file('img')->getClientOriginalName();
            $request->file('img')->move(public_path().'/imgs/', $name);
            $data['img'] = $name;
        }

        $data['tags'] = $request['tags'];

        Post::create($data);
        return redirect()->route('home');
}

so, as you are using create (mass assignment), is user_id in your $fillable array?

sorry, author field

@SNAPEY - Yes it is, every index of the data array is in the fillable. I logged the user id before assigning it and it shows the correct Id with Auth::id() so I believe there is a problem when I try to assign it to $data['author']

try this :

$post = new Post();
$post->author = \Auth::id();
$post->fill($data) // make sure you comment/remove this line: $data['author'] = $request->user()->id;
$post->save();

@SHEZ1983 - This worked, thank you.

Is anyone able to explain why it wasn't setting with the $data['author'] = \Auth::id() as this is still confusing me. I would assume this would work however it just doesn't want to set the value for some reason.

based on the code you show there should be no difference in the two approaches

@polecalex the only thing is if your author isnt in th e fillables array on POST model

@SHEZ1983 - It is in the fillables array though so it makes no sense