function getExample7() { /*$book = new Book(); $results = $book->where('published', '>', 1950)->get(); foreach($results as $result) { echo $result->title.'<br/>'; } echo 'Number found is '.count($results).'<br/>'; return 'example7';*/ $author = new \App\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 \App\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'; }