I'm using a trait to dynamically add e-mail attribute(s) to a model. It gives me the possibility to reuse code amongst many models. However, this code fails when i try to create a new model (but succeeds when i update an existing model).
The issue is the assumption that $this->id is available in Traits/Contact/HasEmails > setEmailTypeAttribute. Id is not yet available, because saving is not finished.
My question: How can i fix this trait to also work when creating a model?
Google, no results Thinking about something of model events (static::creating($model))
\app\Traits\Contact\HasEmails.php
/*
* EmailGeneric getter. Called when $model->EmailGeneric is requested.
*/
public function getEmailGenericAttribute() :?string
{
return $this->getEmailTypeAttribute(EmailType::GENERIC);
}
/*
* EmailGeneric setter. Called when $model->EmailGeneric is set.
*/
public function setEmailGenericAttribute($email)
{
return $this->setEmailTypeAttribute(EmailType::GENERIC, $email);
}
/*
* Get single e-mail model for model owner
*/
private function getEmailTypeAttribute($emailType) :?string
{
$emailModel = $this->emailModelForType($emailType);
return $emailModel ? $emailModel->email : null;
}
/*
* Update or create single e-mail model for model owner
*
* @return void
*/
private function setEmailTypeAttribute($emailType, $email) :void
{
$this->emails()->updateOrCreate([
'owned_by_type' => static::class,
'owned_by_id' => $this->id,
'type' => $emailType
],['email' => $email]);
}
\app\Models\Email.php
namespace App\Models;
class Email extends Model
{
public $timestamps = false;
/**
* The attributes that are mass assignable.
*
* @var array
*/
protected $fillable = [
'email'
];
/*
* Get polymorphic owner
*/
public function ownedBy(): \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Relations\MorphTo
{
return $this->morphTo();
}
/*
* Default attributes are prefilled
*/
protected function addDefaultAttributes(): void
{
$attributes = [];
$attributes['type'] = \App\Enums\EmailType::GENERIC;
$this->attributes = array_merge($this->attributes, $attributes);
}
}
\migrations\2019_10_16_101845_create_emails_table.php
Schema::create('emails', function (Blueprint $table) {
$table->bigIncrements('id');
$table->unsignedBigInteger('owned_by_id');
$table->string('owned_by_type');
$table->string('type'); //f.e. assumes EmailType
$table->string('email');
$table->unique(['owned_by_id', 'owned_by_type', 'type'], 'owner_type_unique');
});
I expect a related model to be created/updated, but it fails on creating.
Trick was using a saved model event and also not forgetting to set the fillable attribute on the email model:
/*
* Update or create single e-mail model for model owner
*
* @return void
*/
private function setEmailTypeAttribute($emailType, $email) :void
{
static::saved(static function($model) use($emailType, $email) {
$model->emails()
->updateOrCreate(
[
'owned_by_type' => get_class($model),
'owned_by_id' => $model->id,
'type' => $emailType
],
[
'email' => $email
]);
});
}