Can't create a new record directly form the base class about single-table-inheritance

[jonspalmer]

Can you illustrate what it is that you really need? What is it that requires:

I need to be able to create a record directly from the base class because of the code base that I have.

I general these use cases are a code smell of some other factoring problem. As stated in #47 there are numerous edge cases that quickly evolve from this kind of approach that are normally solved better in you application logic than they are in this trait.

[jonspalmer]

Closing out a long ago asked question. With more details and a PR we can revisit.

[darron1217]

@jonspalmer
I need the same functionality in my project.
What is the best-practice for creating Model from form request?

[jonspalmer]

@darron1217 Can you elaborate on the need. Some example code would be helpful to be able to offer advice on the right solution.

[darron1217]

@jonspalmer
As I said, Form Request situation need it.

Imagine that you are registering vehicle with type option.

HTML

<form>
    <select name="type">
        <option>car</option>
        <option>truck</option>
    </select>
    <input type="text" name="color" />
</form>

PHP

public function store(Request $request)
{
    Vehicle::create($request);
    return redirect()->route('vehicle.index');
}

[jonspalmer]

As mentioned in #47 the trick is you really need to create an instance of the concrete class. Perhaps you can use the type map to do that it would be something like

$childTypes = Vehicle::getSingleTableTypeMap();
$requestType = $request['type'];
$requestTypeClass = $childTypes[$requestType];
(new $requestTypeClass)->newInstance([], true);
...

[darron1217]

@jonspalmer
That's exactly what I'm doing.

Then, how about adding it as function like Vehicle::createSubclass() and Vehicle::createManySubclass() ?
cuz it's really common situation when using this package.

[jonspalmer]

What would the API be on those methods? Can you Pseudo code it? A PR with tests would be welcomed.

[darron1217]

Okay, I'll create PR for it.

BTW, would you re-open this issue?

[darron1217]

@jonspalmer I created PR. Please check