Retrieving the object from a replicated row with Laravel/Eloquent

Question

I'm replicating a database row and want to return the new row as an object.

$new_foo = Foo::find($id)->replicate()->save();
print_r($new_foo);

This returns 1 instead of the new object I just created. Thoughts?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 22 '15 at 17:38

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In your code, you are actually saving the value returned from the save() method and not the replicated model.

You need to make a slight change to your code to save the replicated model into $new_foo

$new_foo = Foo::find($id)->replicate();
$new_foo->save();
dd($new_foo);

save() method returns boolean.

edited Apr 22 '15 at 17:38

Noman Ur Rehman

answered Apr 22 '15 at 17:10

Limon Monte

Do you know why it needs to be on a new line? I've known that previously but I can't see it stated in docs why it has to be that way. – joeyfb Apr 22 '15 at 17:17
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@JoeyB because ``replicate()`` method returns created object, and ``save()`` method returns ``boolean``. – Limon Monte Apr 22 '15 at 17:20
It does seem a little counter-intuitive. Thanks! – americanknight Apr 22 '15 at 18:34

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