Laravel 4 - Eloquent mass assignment creates empty records after update

Question

I've just updated L4 (both skeleton and packages) to the latest version.

Now, when I try to create a new instance of one of the Models and save it to the DB, I get an empty record, except for the timestamps and the primary key.

This behaviour persists over all models (Users, Bids, Projects etc...) so It's not a local problem.

I tried both

Project::create($project);

and, following this thread:

$new_project = new Project;

$new_project->fill($project);

$new_project->save();

But the result is the same: an empty record.

Answer 1

So, as it turns out from the docs Mass assignment is now blocked by default for security reasons (e.g fetching all data from the form without specifying the fields (Input::all()) and saving it as is to the DB might result in unwanted fields being assigned, in case the client manipulates the form by adding a field with a name that corresponds to the field in the DB).

To designate the fields that are allowed to be assigned, one should either explicitly add the fields in question as a white-list to a protected $fillable array on the model, or alternatively, create a black-list using the $guarded array

Answer 2

i was facing the same problem and found solution hope help others

$new_project = new Project;

$new_project->unguard();

$new_project->create($project);

$new_project->reguard();


or

Project::unguard();
$new_project = Project::create($project);
$new_project->reguard();