Saving Relationships in Laravel on the go - laravel

Question

I have a user model that is related to a enduser model with a hasOne relationship.
I want to save the inputs of a form field in both user and enduser model in one go.
here is my code;
$user = new User();
$user->first_name = $request->first_name;
$user->last_name = $request->last_name;
$user->phone_number = $request->phone_number;
$user->email = $request->email;
$user->password = $request->password;
$user->enduser->username = $request->username;
$user->save();
return user;
my relationships are
Class User extends Authenticable
{
public function enduser()
{
return $this->hasOne('App\Enduser');
}
}
my migration for users is thus
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('first_name');
$table->string('last_name');
$table->string('phone_number');
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->timestamp('email_verified_at')->nullable();
$table->string('password');
$table->enum('roles',['admin', 'enduser', 'organization', 'radio', 'employee'])->nullable();
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('users');
}
and for enduser is thus
public function up()
{
Schema::create('endusers', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->text('address')->nullable();
$table->string('lga')->nullable();
$table->string('city')->nullable();
$table->string('state')->nullable();
$table->string('username');
$table->integer('user_id')->unsigned();
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')->onDelete('cascade')->onUpdate('cascade');
$table->timestamps();
});
}
/**
* Reverse the migrations.
*
* #return void
*/
public function down()
{
Schema::dropIfExists('endusers');
}
i get an error that says 'unknown column 'username' in where clause'. How can i save such relationship?

Answer 1

Your user model should look like this.
User.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Notifications\Notifiable;
use Illuminate\Contracts\Auth\MustVerifyEmail;
use Illuminate\Foundation\Auth\User as Authenticatable;
class User extends Authenticatable
{
use Notifiable;
protected $fillable = [
'first_name','last_name','phone', 'email', 'password',
];
public function enduser() {
return $this->hasOne('App\EndUser');
}
}
and your EndUser model should look like this
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
class EndUser extends Model
{
use Notifiable;
protected $fillable = [
'username',
];
public function user() {
return $this->belongsTo('App\User');
}
}
Then you can write this code in your controller
//first becrypt your password
$request->merge('password',bcrypt($request->password));
$user = User::create(
$request->only(['first_name','last_name','phone','email','password'])
);
$user->enduser->create([$request->username]);
return $user;

Answer 2

Therefore, in order to accomplish what you're trying to do, you can do first create the user then associate the enduser with it by doing the following:
$user = new User();
$user->first_name = $request->first_name;
$user->last_name = $request->last_name;
$user->phone_number = $request->phone_number;
$user->email = $request->email;
$user->password = $request->password;
$user->save();
$endUser = new EndUser();
$endUser->username = $request->username;
$user->enduser()->save($endUser);
return $user;
However, prior to doing this, you must ensure your User and enduser models have their relationships set up correctly.

Answer 3

Maybe you can solve it using laravel observers:
php artisan make:observer UserObserver --model User
This command will create a UserObserver.php file inside app/Observers folder.
Add this to the created function:
public function created(User $user)
{
EndUser::create([
'username' => $user->username,
'user_id' => $user->id,
]);
}
You also need to edit the AppServiceProvider file, inside the app/Providers folder. Add this to the boot method:
public function boot()
{
User::observe(UserObserver::class);
}
Now, every time that a User get registered, it will create a EndUser with the user data.
Hope it helps.