Laravel Class Construct

by Garth | Sep 30, 2022 | Laravel

class MyCustomClassName
{

    public function __construct()
    {
    }

    public function whatever_whatever(){
      // Code goes here. And can use anything from the construct. The construct will always load first
    }

}

Why we have classes and controllers in MVC?

by Garth | Sep 29, 2022 | Laravel

A Controller or Class in MVC are both just classes.
So... Technically speaking.
It is possible to write all your functionality inside your controllers and completely ditch the classes folder.
But! The purpose of breaking out into separate classes is re-usability.

Controllers :

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

class MyCustomController extends Controller
{

}

Classes :

<?php

namespace App\Classes\MyCustomClass;

class ClassNameWhateverWhatever
{

}

Why Classes, what is the point?
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Classes serve as containers for specific purposes.
For example.

You create a class for :
Car
--
And inside your class you write all your functionality.
A car can have specific functionality.
--
moveForward()
reverse()
brake()
switchOnLights()
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Then, you reference your car class inside your contollers.
--
So something like
car->moveForward();

This design strategy makes your code extremely easy to re-use without having to re-write additional functionality. This is why we seperate everything into a class and then we create another class called a controller class and reference our classes inside the controller classes.

Laravel Save Function, update and add with exceptions

by Garth | Sep 29, 2022 | Laravel

Save Function (Update and Add in 1 function based on ID)

<?php

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\DB;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;

class RandomController extends WhateverWhateverController {

    public function saveTermsAndConditions(Request $request){
        if (isset($request->id)) {
            // Update
            try {
                DB::table('table_name')->where('id',$request->id)->update(
                    array(
                        'field'=>$request->field,
                        'content'=>$request->content,
                        'updated_at' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime('now')),
                    )
                );
                $termsAndConditions = DB::table('table_name')->where('id', $request->id)->first();
            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                return response()->json($e);
            }
        } else {
            // Add
            try {
                $id = DB::table('table_name')->insertGetId(
                    array(
                        'field' => $request->field, 
                        'content' => $request->content, 
                        'created_at' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime('now')),
                        'updated_at' => date("Y-m-d H:i:s", strtotime('now'))
                    )
                );
                $termsAndConditions = DB::table('table_name')->where('id', $id)->first();
            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                return response()->json($e);
            }
        }

        return $termsAndConditions;
    }
}