Is there any way to get an id in a create method in laravel - laravel

Question

I am trying to pass a foreign directly to my create method
In the project I am working on, I have two different users. The first one is a farm who can create an animal
The second one is the clinic who can attach to an animal some clinic details showing if the animal was vaccinated or not. In my clinic details table, I have the animal as a foreign key but I do not know how I will pass that key to the create method
Here is my Clinic controller
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Animal;
use App\Clinic;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
class ClinicController extends Controller
{
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
public function index()
{
$user = Auth::user();
$animal = Animal::all();
return view('clinic.index', compact('user', 'animal'));
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* #param $id
* #return void
*/
public function create($id)
{
$user = Auth::user();
$animal = Animal::query()->findOrFail($id);
$clinic = new Clinic();
return view('clinic/create', compact('user', 'animal', 'clinic'));
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function store(Request $request)
{
//
}
/**
* Display the specified resource.
*
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function show($id)
{
$animal = Animal::query()->findOrFail($id);
return view('clinic.show', compact('animal'));
}
/**
* Show the form for editing the specified resource.
*
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function edit($id)
{
//
}
/**
* Update the specified resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function update(Request $request, $id)
{
//
}
/**
* Remove the specified resource from storage.
*
* #param int $id
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function destroy($id)
{
//
}
}
My clinic index.blade.php
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header"><h3>Clinic Details Dashboard</h3></div>
<div class="card-body">
#if (session('status'))
<div class="alert alert-success" role="alert">
{{ session('status') }}
</div>
#endif
You are logged in! {{ $user->name}}
<hr>
<center><h3>Animals</h3></center>
<hr>
#foreach($animal as $animal)
<div class="row">
<div class="col-2">{{ $animal->id }}</div>
<div class="col-4">{{ $animal->type->category }}</div>
<div class="col-2">{{ $animal->user->name }}</div>
<div class="col-4">{{ $animal->created_at }}</div>
</div>
#endforeach
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endsection
my clinic show.blade.php
This is where I would like to pass the animal id to the create method but I do not know how.
Even my button link is not going to the create view
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('title', 'Details for animal ')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header">
<center><h3>Details for the animal</h3></center>
</div>
<div class="card-body">
<div class="col-12">
<p><strong>Id: </strong>{{ $animal->id }}</p>
<p><strong>Animal: </strong>{{ $animal->type->category }}</p>
<p><strong>Farm: </strong>{{ $animal->user->name }}</p>
<p><strong>Gender: </strong>{{ $animal->gender }}</p>
<p><strong>Place Of Birth: </strong>{{ $animal->placeOfBirth }}</p>
<p><strong>Date: </strong>{{ $animal->created_at }}</p>
</div>
<div class="col-md-8 offset-md-4">
<a href="create">
<button type="button" class="btn btn-primary">
Attach Clinic Detail
</button>
</a>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endsection
clinic create.blade.php
This view is still somehow empty
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('title', 'Add Clinical Details')
#section('content')
<div class="container">
<div class="row justify-content-center">
<div class="col-md-8">
<div class="card">
<div class="card-header">New Animal</div>
<div class="card-body">
<form action="{{ url('clinic') }}" method="POST">
</div>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
</div>
#endsection

Answer 1

You could simply add a parameter to your method like this:
public function create($id, $foreignKeyId) {
// ... to something
}
For that you would need to pass id as a hidden input.
You could also try to create a relation, that way you do not need to add the foreignKey as a parameter. You could simply access the foreign_key using the specified ORM Model.

Answer 2

You can use insertGetId() method for retrieving last created id after store method.
https://laravel.com/api/5.0/Illuminate/Database/Query/Builder.html#method_insertGetId
$id = DB::table('posts')->insertGetId(
array('title' => 'my post title', 'body' => 'my post body')
);