How do I insert data in Laravel database from controller? - laravel

Question

this is my first post in this forum and also I'm a very new user with Laravel.
I'm trying to do a very simple thing like creating an array and visualize the data inside in my database. The code works but I cant see the data in the database table. It might look easy but for some reason I've been a whole day with this thing so I'll appreciate a lot any help I can receive. This is how the code looks right now:
Controller:
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use App\Client;
use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
class ClientController extends Controller
{
public function index()
{
DB::table('clients')->insert(
array(
'id' => 1,
'name' => 'Josh',
'age' => 45,
'gender' => 'M',
'nationality' => 'UK',
'job' => 'a',
)
);
}
}
Model:
<?php
namespace App\Models;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Factories\HasFactory;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Client extends Model
{
use HasFactory;
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'age', 'gender', 'nationality', 'job',
];
}
Migration:
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateClientsTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('clients', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->string('name');
$table->integer('age');
$table->string('gender');
$table->string('nationality');
$table->string('job');
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('clients');
}
}

Answer 1

First of all in your migration change this line:
$table->bigIncrements('id');
with
$table->id();
Once you have migrated it with:
php artisan migrate:fresh (empty database and recreate it)
Insert a record with:
public function index()
{
Client::create([
'name' => 'Josh',
'age' => 45,
'gender' => 'M',
'nationality' => 'UK',
'job' => 'a',
]);
}
There is no need to populate the id. Laravel (MySQL) will do it for you.

Answer 2

Maybe you do not need "," at the end of the array
protected $fillable = [
'name', 'age', 'gender', 'nationality', 'job',
];