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I have a code for dynamic input field array in my Leave application
Controller
public function store(StoreLeaveTypeRequest $request)
{
$leavetype = new HrLeaveType();
$leavetype->leave_type_name = $request->leave_type_name;
$leavetype->leave_type_code = $request->leave_type_code;
$leavetype->save();
foreach ($request->employee_type_id as $key => $employee_type_id){
$insert_array = [
'no_of_days' => $request->no_of_days[$key],
'employee_type_id' => $request->employee_type_id[$key],
'weekend_inclusive' => $request->weekend_inclusive[$key],
'holiday_inclusive' => $request->holiday_inclusive[$key],
'leave_type_id' => $leavetype->id,
];
HrLeaveTypeDetail::create($insert_array );
}
}
view
<form action="{{route('leave.leave_types.store')}}" method="post" class="form-horizontal" enctype="multipart/form-data">
{{csrf_field()}}
<div class="card-body">
<div class="form-body">
<div class="row">
<div class="col-12 col-sm-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="control-label"> Leave Type Name:<span style="color:red;">*</span></label>
<input type="text" name="leave_type_name" value="{{ old('leave_type_name', $leavetype->leave_type_name) }}" placeholder="Enter leave type name" class="form-control @error('leave_type_name') is-invalid @enderror">
@error('leave_type_name')
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-12 col-sm-6">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="control-label"> Leave Type Code:</label>
<input type="text" name="leave_type_code" value="{{ old('leave_type_code', $leavetype->leave_type_code) }}" placeholder="Enter leave typecode" class="form-control @error('leave_type_code') is-invalid @enderror">
@error('leave_type_code')
<span class="invalid-feedback" role="alert">
<strong>{{ $message }}</strong>
</span>
@enderror
</div>
</div>
<div class="col-sm-12">
<table class="table table-bordered">
<thead>
<tr>
<th scope="col">Weekend Inclusive</th>
<th scope="col">Holiday Inclusive</th>
<th scope="col"><a class="btn btn-info addRow"><i class="fa fa-plus"></i></a></th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td width="10%"><input type="checkbox" name="weekend_inclusive[]" class="form-control weekend_inclusive" unchecked data-bootstrap-switch data-off-color="danger" data-on-color="success" data-off-text="NO" data-on-text="YES"></td>
<td width="10%"><input type="checkbox" name="holiday_inclusive[]" class="form-control holiday_inclusive" unchecked data-bootstrap-switch data-off-color="danger" data-on-color="success" data-off-text="NO" data-on-text="YES"></td>
<td width="5%"><a class="btn btn-danger remove"> <i class="fa fa-times"></i></a></td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
<!-- /.card-body -->
<div class="card-footer">
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">{{ trans('global.save') }}</button>
</div>
</form>
I am using bootstrap switch checkbox. The checkbox can either be 0 or 1
0=No and 1=Yes
When I submitted, I got this error:
production.ERROR: ErrorException: Undefined offset: 1
and it poits to this lines in the controller:
'weekend_inclusive' => $request->weekend_inclusive[$key],
'holiday_inclusive' => $request->holiday_inclusive[$key],
This has to do with the checkboxes.
How do I resolve it?
Thanks
The issue seems to here foreach ($request->employee_type_id as $key => $employee_type_id){
I don't see employee_type_id in the form.
Even if it was in the form, is it an associative array()?
If $request->employee_type_id is not an associative array, it won't have $key.
If either of weekend_inclusive or holiday_inclusive is not checked in the form, they won't be passed into the input array.
i.e. they won't be passed in as parameters with a value of "0" - they will simply be omitted unless their value is "1".
You could use:
'weekend_inclusive' => $request->weekend_inclusive[$key] ?? 0,
'holiday_inclusive' => $request->holiday_inclusive[$key] ?? 0,
To insert the zero when not set.
@laracoft - employee_type_id is not the problem. It is there, I just removed it from the post to make it less cumbersome
Fantastic| Thanks a lot @geordiejackson
@geordiejackson - But it stores 0 for all weekend_inclusive and holiday_inclusive. What do I do?
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