Laravel Sending from data to database - laravel

Question

I am using laravel 5.2 and i am curently developing a messaging system for my app. i am trying to send messages to the database, but i keep getting this error "Call to undefined method Illuminate\Database\Query\Builder::messages()"
My MessageController is as Follows:
namespace App\Http\Controllers;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Auth;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Session;
use App\Http\Requests;
use App\Message;
class MessageController extends Controller
{
public function CreateMessage(Request $request)
{
$meso = new Message();
$meso->body = $request['body'];
$meso->subject = $request['subject'];
$request->user()->messages()->save($meso) ;
return redirect()->route('mail');
}
}
Here is my routes file
Route::post('send', 'MessageController#CreateMessage');
and here is my form:
<form role="form" class="form-horizontal" method="POST" action="{{ url('/send') }}">
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-lg-2 control-label">To</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" placeholder="" id="inputEmail1" class="form-control">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-lg-2 control-label">Cc / Bcc</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" placeholder="" id="cc" class="form-control">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-lg-2 control-label">Subject</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<input type="text" placeholder="" id="inputPassword1" class="form-control">
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<label class="col-lg-2 control-label">Message</label>
<div class="col-lg-10">
<textarea rows="10" cols="30" class="form-control" id="" name=""></textarea>
</div>
</div>
<div class="form-group">
<div class="col-lg-offset-2 col-lg-10">
<span class="btn green fileinput-button">
<i class="fa fa-plus fa fa-white"></i>
<span>Attachment</span>
<input type="file" name="files[]" multiple="">
</span>
<button class="btn btn-send" type="submit">Send</button>
<input type="hidden" value="{{ Session::token() }}" name="_token">
</div>
</div>
</form>
Someone help me debug this error

Answer 1

You should create messages() relationship in User model:
public function messages()
{
return $this->hasMany('App\Message');
}
Also, you need to have user_id foreign key defined in messages table to make the relationship work.

Answer 2

Try this:
$request->user()->messages->save($meso);
instead of:
$request->user()->messages()->save($meso);