public function updateParent() { if ($this->object_type == "ticket") { $ticket = Ticket::find($this->object_id); $ticket->status_id = $this->status_id; $ticket->save(); } else { if ($this->object_type == "incident") { $ticket = Incident::find($this->object_id); $ticket->status_id = $this->status_id; $ticket->save(); } } }