passing an variable from controller to model with Mass Assignment in Laravel

Question

I am new in Laravel.

I am going to upload image in Laravel I use Intervention Image and this is my controller:

public function store()
    {
        $validator = Validator::make($data = Input::all(), City::$rules);
        if ($validator->fails())
        {
            return Redirect::back()->withErrors($validator)->withInput();
        }
        $image_temp=Input::file('image');
        $name = Input::file('image')->getClientOriginalName();
        if(Image::make($image_temp->getRealPath())->save('public/up/city/'.$name)){
            $image='public/up/city/'.$name;
        }
        City::create($data);
        return Redirect::route('siteadmin.cities.index');
    }

And this is my model:

class City extends \Eloquent {
   protected $primaryKey='city_id';
   protected $fillable = ['name', 'parent_id', 'english_name','population','phone_prefix','image'];
}

And this is my route:

Route::resource('cities', 'CitiesController');

everything is working well but I don't know how to send an variable as a special field to Mass Assignment.

I need $image variable to save in cities table image field

if(Image::make($image_temp->getRealPath())->save('public/up/city/'.$name)){
                $image='public/up/city/'.$name;
            }

But image in my database filled with temporary name of uploaded file:

Answer 1

Just override the value in the $data array:

$data['image'] = 'public/up/city/'.$name;

If you do

$image = 'public/up/city/'.$name;

... you store the value in a local variable but nothing happens with it. The value in your DB comes from the "original" $data, the form data. It's the temporary path of the uploaded file. You need to change that in order for Laravel to fill the new value in the DB.

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And here the (nearly) full code to avoid any confusion:

$validator = Validator::make($data = Input::all(), City::$rules);
if ($validator->fails())
{
    return Redirect::back()->withErrors($validator)->withInput();
}
$image_temp=Input::file('image');
$name = Input::file('image')->getClientOriginalName();
if(Image::make($image_temp->getRealPath())->save('public/up/city/'.$name)){
    $data['image'] = 'public/up/city/'.$name;
}
City::create($data);
return Redirect::route('siteadmin.cities.index');