[SOLVED] How can I override the store function in backpack-for-laravel v5?

How can I override the store function in backpack-for-laravel v5?

I've updated my app from backpack-for-laravel v4.1 to v5, but now I'm having issues with overriding the store function. I followed the upgrade guide and step 15: https://backpackforlaravel.com/docs/5.x/upgrade-guide#step-15

but unfortunately, my preferred option A is not working for me. this is how my function looked in v4.1:

public function store()
{
    // do something before validation, before save, before everything
    $this->crud->setOperationSetting('saveAllInputsExcept', ['save_action']); //somehow required...
    $end = strtotime('+1 hour', strtotime($this->crud->getRequest()->request->get('start'))); //set end automatically after 1h  
    $this->crud->getRequest()->request->add(['end'=> $end]);        
    
    $response = $this->traitStore();
    // do something after save
    return $response;
}

I've converted it now to match the v5 requirements as below:

public function store()
{
    $this->crud->set('strippedRequest', function($request) {
        $end = '2023-02-01 14:00:00';
        $request->add([ 'end' => $end ]);
        return $request->except(['_save_action', '_token', '_http_referrer']);
    });

    return $this->traitStore();
}

I even tried it with a static value, but I keep getting the error from SQL that the field 'end' doesn't have a default value...meaning no value for end has been added to the request.

Appreciate any kind of support. Thanks

Solution

Thanks for the question. Indeed there is an issue in the upgrade guide example.

I've just submitted a PR to docs to fix it: https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/docs/pull/404

Should be merged soon!

You can see the actual working solution in the PR diff.

Cheers