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';
}