Storing foreign key value in database (laravel) - laravel

Question

I am new to laravel. i am having difficulties to store foreign key value in database. I have read the documentation, searched on stackoverflow. But its confusing me more.
I have a User table and an idea table. User can create many idea. Let me show the code:
Controller function:
public function storePost(IdeaRequest $request) {
Idea::create([
'title' => $request->input('idea_title'),
'user_id' => $request->hasMany('user_id'),
'image' => $request->file('idea_image')->move('images'),
'info' => $request->input('idea_info'),
'communitySelection' => $request->input('selection'),
'location' => $request->input('idea_location'),
'goal' => $request->input('idea_goal'),
'description' => $request->input('idea_description')
]);
}
Idea Model:
class Idea extends Model
{
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'idea_title', 'idea_info','user_id', 'idea_image', 'idea_description', 'duration', 'idea_goal', 'pledge_amount', 'set_equity',
];
/**
* The attributes that should be hidden for arrays.
*
* #var array
*/
protected $hidden = [
'remember_token',
];
public function Post() {
return $this->hasMany('User');
}
}
Idea Migration:
public function up()
{
//
Schema::create('ideas', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('user_id')->unsigned();
$table->string('idea_title');
$table->string('idea_info', 150);
$table->string('idea_image');
$table->string('selection');
$table->longText('idea_description');
$table->string('idea_location');
$table->integer('idea_goal')->unsigned();
$table->integer('pledge_amount')->unsigned();
$table->string('set_equity')->nullable();
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
User Migration:
public function up()
{
Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->string('name',50);
$table->string('email')->unique();
$table->string('password',32);
$table->string('profile_picture')->nullable();
$table->string('address');
$table->string('phone_number',15);
$table->boolean('status')->nullable();
$table->string('user_type',15);
$table->string('credit_card',16)->unique();
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
}
It can be seen that foreign key is being set. I am unable to store the value of foreign key on a user table. Any help would be appreciated.

Answer 1

In the Idea Migration, you can declare the foreign key like this
public function up()
{
//
Schema::create('ideas', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->increments('id');
$table->integer('user_id')->unsigned();
$table->string('idea_title');
$table->string('idea_info', 150);
$table->string('idea_image');
$table->string('selection');
$table->longText('idea_description');
$table->string('idea_location');
$table->integer('idea_goal')->unsigned();
$table->integer('pledge_amount')->unsigned();
$table->string('set_equity')->nullable();
$table->rememberToken();
$table->timestamps();
});
//Declare foreign key
Schema::table('ideas', function(Blueprint $table) {
$table->foreign('user_id')->references('id')->on('users')
->onDelete('restrict')
->onUpdate('restrict');
});
}
I do not agree with the relation you added in the Idea Model. You should use belongsTo instead of hasMany. And according to the comments, change Post() to User() .
public function User() {
return $this->belongsTo('User');
}
If so, you need also change 'user_id' => $request->hasMany('user_id') in the Controller function.