Set default type for each Model

[Mishanki]

This example create tag without type. Can I set default type for NewsItem model?

// create a model with some tags
$newsItem = NewsItem::create([
   'name' => 'testModel',
   'tags' => ['tag', 'tag2'], //tags will be created if they don't exist
]);

[Rocketpilot]

@Mishanki have you tried adding a

'type' => 'mydefaulttype'

to the ::create array?

Edit: wait, I'm misremembering. Let me look at my code and I'll follow up.

[Rocketpilot]

Yeah I think the sample documentation is a bit misleading in terms of how you'd actually use the functionality in practice. If you're for instance creating a new blog entry in your BlogController, you'd have something like the following code inside your create post action:

$blogPost->title = $request->title;
$blogPost->tag = Tag::findOrCreate($request->tag, 'myDefaultTagType');

You're essentially hard-coding the tag type in the controller.

[Mishanki]

I have type exception in latest laravel

public function store(array $data): NewsItem
    {
        $data['tags'] = Tag::findOrCreate($data['tags'], 'news');

        return NewsItem::create($data);
    }

NewsItem::setTagsAttribute(): Argument #1 ($tags) must be of type ArrayAccess|Spatie\Tags\Tag|array|string, null given,
called in .../vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Concerns/HasAttributes.php on line 1108

[Rocketpilot]

Hmm, try passing Tag::findOrCreate a string then, as it looks like it's being passed a null value.

$data['tags'] = Tag::findOrCreate('this is the name of a tag', 'this-is-the-type-of-the-tag');

That's pretty well straight out of the docs.

[Rocketpilot]

Are you able to successfully save instances of NewsItem to your database without attaching a tag to them?

[Mishanki]

Yes, I can save data to DB via model. This native way still work for me too. But I think native way not work with type. I want use type without coding (like native).

Expect way to use tags with type

$newsItem = NewsItem::create([
   'name' => 'testModel',
   'tags' => [['tag', 'tag2'], 'some-type'], 
]);

[Rocketpilot]

To be honest I think this is a harder way to do things. I’ve been building a sample site to get to grips with this functionality and I wrote a TagController and front end to create the tags separately with types and then a form to add the existing tags to the Post model.

[Mishanki]

Thank you for help and your time

[Rocketpilot]

Good luck with it! Maybe someone with more experience under their belt than I have will comment. You could also ask on the Laravel subreddit as it’s pretty popular.