Laravel | Save and display two relations - laravel

Question

I'm close to finish my CMS but I have one minor problem.
I can create several teams, works perfectly fine.
I can create several games, works also perfectly fine.
Now I want to create matches between those teams, which means I have two pivot tables.
One called game_match and the other called match_team.
game_match consist of game_idand match_id
match_teamconsist of match_id, team1_idand team2_id
My match/create.blade.php has two dropdown fields for each team.
Saving a single relation to the database works fine for me as I've done this a couple of times, but I can't figure out how to save two relations.
This is what I got so far:
Inside match/create.blade.php
<div class="field m-t-20 is-inline-block">
<p class="control">
<label for="home" class="label"><b>{{ trans_choice('messages.home', 1) }}</b></label>
<input type="hidden" name="home" id="home" :value="homeSelected">
<div class="select">
<select v-model="homeSelected">
#foreach($teams as $team)
<option value="{{ $team->id }}">{{ $team->name }}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
</div>
</p>
</div>
<div class="field m-t-20 is-inline-block">
<p class="control">
<label for="opponent" class="label"><b>{{ trans_choice('messages.opponent', 1) }}</b></label>
<input type="hidden" name="opponent" id="opponent" :value="opponentSelected">
<div class="select">
<select v-model="opponentSelected">
#foreach($teams as $team)
<option value="{{ $team->id }}">{{ $team->name }}</option>
#endforeach
</select>
</div>
</p>
</div>
#section('scripts')
<script>
var app = new Vue({
el: '#app',
data: {
homeSelected: "",
opponentSelected: "",
gameSelected: ""
}
});
</script>
#endsection
MatchController.php
public function store(Request $request)
{
$this->validate($request, [
'title' => 'required|max:255',
'matchday' => 'required',
]);
$match = new Match();
$match->title = $request->title;
$match->matchday = $request->matchday;
if ($match->save()) {
$match->games()->sync($request->game);
$match->teams()->sync( [
['team1_id' => $request->home, 'team2_id' => $request->opponent],
]);
Session::flash('success', trans('messages.created', ['item' => $match->title]));
return redirect()->route('matches.show', $match->id);
} else {
Session::flash('error', trans('messages.error'));
return redirect()->route('matches.create')->withInput();
}
}
match.php
<?php
namespace App;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\SoftDeletes;
class Match extends Model
{
use SoftDeletes; // <-- Use This Instead Of SoftDeletingTrait
protected $fillable = [
'title'
];
protected $dates = ['deleted_at'];
public function setHomeTeam () {}
public function teams () {
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Team', 'match_team', 'match_id', 'team1_id');
}
public function games () {
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Game', 'game_match');
}
public function getHomeTeam() {
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Team', 'match_team', 'match_id', 'team1_id');
}
public function getOpponentTeam() {
return $this->belongsToMany('App\Team', 'match_team', 'match_id', 'team2_id');
}
}
Can someone help me?

Answer 1

You should better use firstOrCreate(), updateOrCreate or attach() methods.