error when attempting to seed pivot table using Laravel - laravel

Question

I have just created a many-to-many relationship between the models Project and Features using Laravel however I receive the following error when attempting to run the seed script.
SQLSTATE[42S02]: Base table or view not found: 1146 Table 'table.feature_projects' doesn't exist
The table in use is named features_project which is the default name given.
Inserting the seed data manually does return the relational data to the view as expected.
SEED
class FeaturesProjectTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
public function run()
{
$features_project = new \App\FeatureProject ([
'project_id' => '1',
'features_id' => '1'
]);
$features_project->save();
}
}
Project
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Project extends Model {
public function features() {
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Features')->withTimestamps();
}
}
Features
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Features extends Model
{
public function projects() {
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Project')->withTimestamps();
}
}
CONTROLLER
class ProjectController extends Controller
{
public function getProject($id)
{
$project = Project::where('id', $id)->get();
return view('other.project', ['project' => $project]);
}
}
ROUTE
Route::get('project/{id}', [
'uses' => 'ProjectController#getProject',
'as' => 'other.project'
]);
VIEWS
#foreach($project->features as $feature)
<dd class="col-sm-8">{{ $feature->name }}</dd>
#endforeach

Answer 1

Firstly some misunderstanding in naming, your table name should be feature_project, in many to many relationships the models are in alphabetical order. Secondly models are not plural, so your Features.php model should be named Feature.php. Which will resolve in Laravel using the table feature_project for the pivot and features for the model.
For your own sake, learn how Laravel name models and tables, else relationships are gonna be tricky. Which is described in the documentation.
You should not create pivot models, this is handled by assigning features to projects or vice versa. Therefor your seeder should look something like this, it could be you should assign some attributes to the projects and features before it will work.
class FeaturesProjectTableSeeder extends Seeder
{
public function run()
{
$features = factory(Feature::class)->create();
$projects = factory(Project::class)->create();
$projects->each(function (Project $project) {
$project->features()->saveMany($features);
});
}
}