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Huston! I have got a problem :-)
I have a match model and would like to attach bet model to the match. I created bets table with match_id column, and matches table. I set up relations as bet->BelongsTo->match, and match->HasMany-> bets. And it works proper.
But I would like to attach the same bet to many matches. I did second set up with pivot table bet_match, and set up relations as bet->Belongs ToMany->matches, and match->Belongs ToMany->bets.
The problem I have got: On the match view page I'm able to attach existing bet, but I'm not able to create bet as with BelogsTo set up.
What kind of relation I should to use to solve it?
@philipbaginski can you share some code please? Why can't you create a bet? I believe from what you said that the relationship is correctly setup now, which is many to many
$bet = new Bet;
// other bet fields..
$match->bets()->attach($bet);
this does not work?
I'm not able to add code here. System is saying that it will be reviewed, but nothing happened.
Take a look on how to add code here:
https://help.github.com/articles/creating-and-highlighting-code-blocks/
And btw, you are following the documentation for this as well, right:
https://nova.laravel.com/docs/2.0/resources/relationships.html#belongstomany
I have another resources connected via many-to-many relation - recource A can attach resource B, and recource B can attach recource A. The connection is done by pivot table - A_B, and it works proper.
In my case I started with connections: M - Match, and B - Bet. Many bets for single match, and every bet will belong to one match. This can by handled by: bet belongs to match, and match has many bets. The only connection beetween tables is additional column - match_id - in bets table. And from Match detail view I can create new bet. And I works proper.
But the problem I have got is: I would like to attach bet to MORE THAN ONE MATCH. So, the relation BelongsTo is usless and I have to make via many-to-many and pivot table. And I did it.
But it this case (many-to-many) I'm not able to create new bet from Match detail view. I'm only able to attach existing bet. This is crucial funcionality I need - create bet from Match view.
Bottomline: One unique bet can belong to one or more matches, and needs to be created from Match detail page.
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