admin product controller successfully tested in browser

app/Http/Controllers/Admin/AdminProductController.php

@@ -20,7 +20,34 @@ public function index() {
         return view("admin.product.index")->with("viewData", $viewData);
     }
 
-
+
+
+    public function store(Request $request) {
+        $request->validate([
+            "name" => "required|max:255",
+            "description" => "required",
+            "price" => "required|numeric|gt:0",
+            "image" => 'image',
+
+        ]);
+
+
+        // new products
+        $newProduct = new Product();
+        $newProduct -> setName($request->input('name'));
+        $newProduct -> setDescription($request->input('description'));
+        $newProduct -> setPrice($request->input('price'));
+        $newProduct -> setImage("game.png");
+        $newProduct -> save();
+
+        return back();
+
+
+
+
+    // ==========================
+    }
+    // ==========================
 }
 
 

zzAJ/notes.txt

@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ Chapter 16 - List Products in Admin Panel
 Chapter 17 - Create Products
 
 - focus on the admin panel system to create products
--/admin/products/store route will collect and store the newly created products data using a post HTTP request using a form with the controller method
+- /admin/products/store route will collect and store the newly created products data using a post HTTP request using a form with the controller method
+- in the AdminProductController.php file we create use a store function to receive a $request object which allows us to interact with the HTTP requeast handled by our app. This allows us to receive the inputs, cookies, and files from the request
+- then we use the validate method provided by the $request object. If the validation rules pass it keeps going, otherwise it will throw an Exception
+- TODO: check out the available validation rules in the docs
+- then we create a newProduct instance and set the newProduct attributes based on values collected from the form.
+- then, we invoke the save method, which inserts the object into the database
+- NOTE: you can also use the HTML required attribute on the form for fields you need, but we don't need that since we're using Laravel's validations
+