Store a object directly on ORM Laravel? - laravel-5

Question

I search for all the web and don't find a solution other than a custom function that we must make. I develops in Node.js and Laravel backend applications.
And in Node.js we send a object exactly equal to the database columns and we just use Sequelize insert function like this:
async store(model) {
try {
await this.model.city.create(model);
} catch (error) {
throw error;
}
}
We simply use the same object that sending from the app we store like this store(object); and works fine.
In Laravel I always must reference the columns even so the objects have the same attributes from the columns on database, like this:
$categoryObj = new Category;
$categoryObj->name = $category['name'];
$categoryObj->save();
return $categoryObj;
I want to just make something like this:
$categoryObj = new Category;
$categoryObj = $category;
$categoryObj->save();
return $categoryObj;
It is possible?

Answer 1

You can use the create method to insert a new record in the database.
class Category extends Model
{
protected $table = 'table_name';
protected $fillable = ['column_name_1', 'column_name_2', ...];
}
Then for inserting new data:
Example:
$model = YourModel::create([
'field' => 'value',
'another_field' => 'another_value'
]);
In your controller:
$categoryObj = new Category::create($category);
Also, you should look to Laravel's documentation: https://laravel.com/docs/5.8/eloquent#mass-assignment