public function postCreate(Request $request) { $this->validate($request, ['title' => 'required|min:5', 'author' => 'required|min:5', 'cover' => 'required|url', 'published' => 'required|min:4']); //Code here to enter book into the database $book = new \Foobooks\Book(); $book->title = $request->title; $book->author = $request->author; $book->author_id = $request->author; $book->cover = $request->cover; $book->published = $request->published; $book->purchase_link = $request->purchase_link; $book->save(); //Confirm book was added: //send session flash message //return view \Session::flash('flash_message', 'Your book was added!'); return redirect('/books'); }
/** * Run the database seeds. * * @return void */ public function run() { // number of database records to create $numRows = 100; // create Faker object $faker = Faker::create(); for ($i = 0; $i < $numRows; $i++) { // create model object $book = new \Foobooks\Book(); $book->title = $faker->sentence($nbWords = 6); $book->author = $faker->name; $book->published = $faker->year('now'); $book->cover = $faker->imageUrl(320, 240, 'cats'); $book->purchase_link = $faker->url; $book->page_count = $faker->numberBetween(101, 999); $book->save(); // insert new book in table } }
function getExample7() { $author = new \Foobooks\Author(); $author->first_name = 'J.K.'; $author->last_name = 'Rowling'; $author->bio_url = 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._K._Rowling'; $author->birth_year = '1965'; $author->save(); dump($author->toArray()); $book = new \Foobooks\Book(); $book->title = "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone"; $book->published = 1997; $book->cover = 'http://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9781582348254_p0_v1_s118x184.jpg'; $book->purchase_link = 'http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/harrius-potter-et-philosophi-lapis-j-k-rowling/1102662272?ean=9781582348254'; $book->author()->associate($author); # <--- Associate the author with this book $book->save(); dump($book->toArray()); return 'Example 7'; }