I have a form within a table that has different fields. I want to be able to store all the data once. I hve search Stack overflows, all the answer i got did not solve the issue.Hence, I have to post my own question. The View
<td><input type="text" name="sflt[]" value="{{ $r['fltno'] }}" readonly="readonly" class="form-control"/></td>
<td><input type="text" name="smodel[]" value="{{ $r['model']}}" readonly="readonly" class="form-control"/></td>
<td><input type="text" name="sengine[]" value="{{ $r['engine_type'] }}" readonly="readonly" class="form-control"/></td>
<td><input type="text" name="sloc[]" value="{{ $r['location'] }}" readonly="readonly" class="form-control"/></td>
<td><input type="text" name="sstye[]" value="{{ $sty }}" readonly="readonly" class="form-control"/></td>
<td><input type="text" name="snsvr[]" value="{{ $nsvr}}" readonly="readonly" class="form-control"/></td>
Controller
$data = [];
**//Get the input variables**
$fltno= $request['sflt'];
$model = $request['smodel'];
$engine = $request['sengine'];
$loc = $request['sloc'];
// Store each varaibles as you fetch into the empty array
foreach($fltno as $fltno)
{
$data[] = [
'fltno'=>$request['sflt'],
'model'=>$request['smodel'],
'engine'=>$request['sengine'],
loc'=>$request['sloc'],
'serviceType'=>$request['sstye'],
'nextSvr'=> $request['snsvr']
];
}
ModelName::insert($data);
When I execute this, it throws error of: Invalid argument supplied for foreach()
Please, what am i doing wrong or what is the best way to insert all these data at once into the Database
Hi Dave I think you want to do something like this
$data = $request->all();
$finalArray = array();
foreach($data as $key=>$value){
array_push($finalArray, array(
'fltno'=>$value['sflt'],
'model'=>$value['smodel'],
'engine'=>$value['sengine'],
'loc'=>$value['sloc'],
'serviceType'=>$value['sstye'],
'nextSvr'=> $value['snsvr'] )
);
});
Model::insert($finalArray);
This will submit all data. I am assuming you are getting array in request with these keys.
Hope this will help.
this is my working example you can implement in your code.
$competition_que = [];
foreach ($input['options'] as $key => $value) {
$competition_que[$key]['competition_id'] = $request->competition_id;
$competition_que[$key]['question_id'] = $question->id;
$competition_que[$key]['options'] = $input['options'][$key];
$competition_que[$key]['created_at'] = Carbon::now();
$competition_que[$key]['updated_at'] = Carbon::now();
$competition_que[$key]['is_answer'] = ($key == $input['is_answer']) ? 'true' : 'false';
}
// return $competition_que;
CompetitionAnswer::insert($competition_que);
I think you are making mistake when retrieve the request body
$fltno = $request->input('sflt');
for the foreach I think you can do this
$fltnos = $request->input('sflt');
foreach($fltnos as $fltno) {
}
If you are using ORM
$fltnos = $request->input('sflt');
$models = $request->input('smodel');
$engines = $request->input('sengine');
$locs = $request->input('sloc');
foreach($fltnos as $key => $fltno) {
$modelName = new ModelName;
$modelName->fltno = $fltno;
$modelName->model = isset($models[$key]) ? $models[$key] : ''; // this is just workaround, you must make sure all field have same length if want to do this
...
$modelName->save()
}
I think you can do it this way
$fltnos = $request->input('sflt', []); // second parameter is to set default value
$models = $request->input('smodel', []);
$engines = $request->input('sengine', []);
$locs = $request->input('sloc', []);
also you need to validate your bulk data prior to save
you can do it like this
public function store(Request $request)
{
$validatedData = $request->validate([
'sflt.*' => 'email|unique:users',
'smodel.*' => 'required'
]);
if(validatedData) {
foreach($fltnos as $key => $fltno) {
$modelName = new ModelName;
$modelName->fltno = $fltno;
...
$modelName->save()
}
}
}