How do I deal with controller resource in laravel - laravel

Question

I am using the resource tool for my controller and my route but the store method appears not to work. Could you highlight what I did wrong. Is the controller name needs to be the same as the model one? I am confuse
FarmController
<?php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use App\Animal;
use Auth;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
class FarmController extends Controller
{
/**
* Display a listing of the resource.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function __construct()
{
$this->middleware('auth');
}
public function index()
{
$animal = Animal::all();
return view('farms.index', compact('animal'));
}
/**
* Show the form for creating a new resource.
*
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function create()
{
$user = Auth::user();
$animal = new Animal();
return view('farms.create', compact('user', 'animal'));
}
/**
* Store a newly created resource in storage.
*
* #param \Illuminate\Http\Request $request
* #return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function store()
{
Animal::create($this->validateRequest());
return redirect('farms.show');
}
private function validateRequest()
{
return request()->validate([
'dateOfBirth' => 'required|date',
'placeOfBirth' => 'required',
'gender' => 'required',
'user_id' => 'required',
]);
}
Animal.php (controller)
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class Animal extends Model
{
protected $guarded = [];
public function user(){
return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
}}
animals (table)
<?php
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Schema;
class CreateAnimalsTable extends Migration
{
/**
* Run the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function up()
{
Schema::create('animals', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->unsignedBigInteger('user_id')->index();
$table->date('dateOfBirth');
$table->string('gender');
$table->string('placeOfBirth');
$table->timestamps();
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users');
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('animals');
}
}
create.blade.php
#extends('layouts.app')
#section('title', 'Add Animal')
#section('content')
<div class="row">
<div class="col-12">
<h1>Farm</h1>
</div>
</div>
<h3>Welcome {{ $user->name }} Please Add an animal</h3>
<div class="row">
<div class="col-12">
<form action="{{ url('farms') }}" method="POST">
<div class="form-group">
<label for="dateOfBirth">Date Of Birth: </label>
<input type="date" name="dateOfBirth" class="form-control" placeholder="dd/mm/yyyy">
</div>
<div class="pb-5">
{{ $errors->first('dateOfBirth') }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="placeOfBirth">Place Of Birth</label>
<input type="text" name="placeOfBirth" class="form-control">
</div>
<div class="pb-5">
{{ $errors->first('placeOfBirth') }}
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="gender">Gender: </label>
<select name="gender" class="form-control">
<option value="M">Male</option>
<option value="F">Female</option>
</select>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label for="user">User</label>
<select class="form-control" name="user">
<option value="{{ $user->id }}" name="user">{{ $user->name }}</option>
</select>
</div>
<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Add Farm</button>
#csrf
</form>
</div>
</div>
#endsection
web.php (routes)
<?php
/*
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| Web Routes
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
|
| Here is where you can register web routes for your application. These
| routes are loaded by the RouteServiceProvider within a group which
| contains the "web" middleware group. Now create something great!
|
*/
Route::get('/', function () {
return view('welcome');
});
Auth::routes();
Route::middleware('admin')->group(function () {
// All your admin routes go here.
Route::resource('/admin', 'AdminController');
});
Route::middleware('farms')->group(function () {
// All your admin routes go here.
Route::resource('/farms', 'FarmController');
});
When I am submitting the form, it seems like it just refreshes the page and do not add anything in my table. I have been stuck on this in two entire days. any help is welcome

Answer 1

In the validateRequest function you have
'user_id' => 'required',
But your form in the view has no field named user_id
The select element is named user
<select class="form-control" name="user">
<option value="{{ $user->id }}" name="user">{{ $user->name }}</option>
</select>
Change one of them so they can match, I guess that the page refresh is just failed validation
You may want to check for any validation error in your view to find out what's wrong as per the docs
For example
#if ($errors->any())
<div class="alert alert-danger">
<ul>
#foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
<li>{{ $error }}</li>
#endforeach
</ul>
</div>
#endif
Hope this helps

Answer 2

Just change your form action then it hit in correct mehtod. Here is the action for your form
{{route('farms.store')}}