Laravel auth optional field?

Question

In laravel auth

registercontroller.php

protected function create(array $data) 
{
    return User::create([
        'name' => $data['name'],
        'email' => $data['email'],
        'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
        'affiliatetoken' =>Str::random(12),
        'affiliate' => $data ['affiliate'],
    ]);
}

requires that

$data ['affiliate']

is defined... what if i want it optional can i send a null instead? the database is nullable maybe somthing like

if $data ['affiliate'] is defined create, but if not leave null or create 0

Yes, You can send a null value. If the content in the ```$data['affiliate']``` is ```empty``` or ```null```, if you are using Laravel 5.6 it will automatically return a null. However, your database must have a nullable column in order to do that. — Sithira, Jul 05 '18 at 01:25
you can use Laravel array helper for this, just use array_get($data,'affiliate','default Value'); if you don't set the third argument it will set as default — ankit patel, Jul 05 '18 at 01:26
Just for your info nothing fancy: if you are using any kind of validations before creating a record, then you can use nullable validation rule. — dipenparmar12, Jan 28 '20 at 10:12

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 05 '18 at 01:57

1

Use the data_get helper:

// 3rd argument is what to default to if the key is not set. null by default
'affiliate' => data_get($data, 'affiliate'),

@AnkitPatel suggested array_get which works too. data_get works on both arrays and objects.

answered Jul 05 '18 at 01:57

Brian Lee

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Very useful. Didn't know that before. Thanks. – hashbrown Jul 05 '18 at 02:02

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jul 05 '18 at 08:39

use this

protected function create(array $data) 
{
    return User::create([
        'name' => $data['name'],
        'email' => $data['email'],
        'password' => Hash::make($data['password']),
        'affiliatetoken' =>Str::random(12),
        'affiliate' => $data ['affiliate'] ?? null, // or 0 "?? operator is equivalent isset()"
    ]);
}

Laravel auth optional field?

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