Laravel 5 Form Model Binding Checkbox Values

Question

I am using a checkbox in a form, for some reasons I can't store the value of the checkbox status (checked or unchecked).

I am using form model binding.

My form is:

{!! Form::model($profile, ['method' => 'PATCH', 'action' => ['ProfilesController@update', $profile->id]]) !!}

<div class="form-group">
  {!! Form::label('wifi', 'Wifi') !!}
  {!! Form::checkbox('wifi','yes', $profile->wifi) !!}Wifi
</div>

{!! Form::close() !!}

My Schema:

$table->boolean('wifi')->nullable();

But I also tried it with an integer

I can't figure out what I am doing wrong

Zayn Ali · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-07 21:03:00Z

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Your this piece of code

{!! Form::checkbox('wifi','yes', $profile->wifi) !!}Wifi

is generating this

<input checked="checked" name="wifi" type="checkbox" value="yes">

Which means that you are sending the value yes to the server but your column data type is not varchar/text. You set it to boolean.

update your code to this because you are using form model binding so no need to popluate it, laravel will do this for you.

{!! Form::checkbox('wifi') !!} Wifi

Also, include your wifi key in fillable and casts array. like so

protected $fillable = [ ..., 'wifi' ];

protected $casts = [ 'wifi' => 'boolean' ];

Note: your schema code

$table->boolean('wifi')->nullable;

nullable is not a property, it is a function. so update it as well

$table->boolean('wifi')->nullable();

After that refersh your database migration

php artisan migrate:refresh

edited Aug 7, 2016 at 21:03

answered Aug 7, 2016 at 17:59

Zayn Ali

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Mamulasa Over a year ago

Hi Zayn, thank's. I used your example, and updated to nullable(). Still the same, the state is not saved to the DB

Mamulasa Over a year ago

Yes I have refreshed my migration

Zayn Ali Over a year ago

Okay and in your model, have you put wifi in your fillable and also in the casts array? like this protected $casts = [ 'wifi' => 'boolean' ];

Mamulasa Over a year ago

Zayn, great!!!! Thank you so much. I never heard about the Attribute Casting. That did the trick

Zayn Ali Over a year ago

Awesome! I'm glad it helped :)

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Alexey Mezenin · Accepted Answer · 2016-08-07 17:33:46Z

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It depends on how are you trying to persist this data.

If you're using save() method, do something like this:

$model->wifi = isset($request->wifi);

PS: I guess it should be ->nullable()

answered Aug 7, 2016 at 17:33

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Mamulasa Over a year ago

Hi Alexey, I am using: public function update(ProfileRequest $request, $id) { $profile = Profile::findOrFail($id); $profile->update($request->all()); return redirect('backend/profile'); }

Alexey Mezenin Over a year ago

Then try to do this $request->wifi = isset($request->wifi); right before $profile->update($request->all());. And also, in your case, you should have wifi in a $fillable array of Profile model.

Mamulasa Over a year ago

ok, wifi is in a fillable array and I updated my Controller to: public function update(ProfileRequest $request, $id) { $profile = Profile::findOrFail($id); $request->wifi = isset($request->wifi); $profile->update($request->all()); return redirect('backend/profile'); } But still the same :(

Alexey Mezenin Over a year ago

What exactly doesn't work? Do you have any error? If not, what does 'dd(iseet($request->wifi))` says when checkbox is checked and when it's not?

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