Laravel How to update value to another column in another table? - laravel

Question

I have two tables named 'users' and 'requests'. In requests table, i want to update users emp_status to 'Admin' and at the same time at table 'users' too.
Here is my controller:
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
$status = "Admin";
$admin = DB::table('users')
->where('emp_no', $id)
->update(array('emp_status'=>$status));
$forms = Requests::find($id);
$forms->emp_no = $request->get('emp_no');
$forms->emp_name = $request->get('emp_name');
$forms->email = $request->get('email');
$forms->department = $request->get('department');
$forms->emp_status = $request->get('emp_status', $admin);
$forms->justification = $request->get('justification');
$forms->save();
return redirect('admins.request')->with('Success','Employee has been changed to admin!');
}
Requests Model:
class Requests extends Model
{
protected $fillable = [
'emp_no','emp_name','email','emp_status','department','justification'
];
public function User(){
return $this->hasMany('App\Requests');
}
}
User Model:
protected $fillable = [
'emp_no', 'emp_name', 'emp_contact','gender','email','password'
];
public function Requests(){
return $this->hasOne('App\Requests');
}
When i select the 'Admin' option in the form and click approve, it should update the two tables at the same time according to emp_no. Here is the screenshot.
The Form Details blade file
How should i go about it?

Answer 1

Let's assume the <select> in your blade file is defined like this:
<select id="status" name="status">
<option value="Admin">Admin</option>
<option value="Normal">Normal</option>
</select>
Then in your controller you call it with this $request->status
But since your updating two tables at the same time, you should enclose the inside of the updating method with a transaction scope, so that way if any error happens during the process it would rollback:
DB::transaction(function () use ($id, $request){
$admin = DB::table('users')
->where('emp_no', $id)
->update(array('emp_status'=>$request->status));
$forms = Requests::find($id);
$forms->emp_no = $request->get('emp_no');
$forms->emp_name = $request->get('emp_name');
$forms->email = $request->get('email');
$forms->department = $request->get('department');
$forms->emp_status = $request->get('status');
$forms->justification = $request->get('justification');
$forms->save();
});