Update Table Using Laravel Model

Question

I've got a table for a sports team. The record shows the team selection and some other information. I want to update the record with the team selection. My model is thus:

class Selection extends Model {  protected $table = "selection";  protected $fillable = [     'loose',     'hooker',     'tight',     'secrow1',     'secrow2',     'blindflank',     'openflank',     'eight',     'scrum',     'fly',     'leftwing',     'rightwing',     'fullback',     'sub1',     'sub2',     'sub3',     'sub4',     'sub5' ]; 

}

So I have a form which gives all the data for the positions and gives the id for the record in the DB. In my controller, I've got:

public function storeFirstTeam() {     $input = Request::all();      Selection::update($input->id,$input);      return redirect('first-team'); } 

But I get the following error:

Non-static method Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model::update() should not be called statically, assuming $this from incompatible context

Can anyone point out my silly error?

Answer 1

Please check the code below and this would solve your problem:

Selection::whereId($id)->update($request->all()); 

Answer 2

The error message tells you everything you know: you’re trying to call a method statically (using the double colons) that isn’t meant to be.

The update() method is meant to be called on a model instance, so first you need to retrieve one:

$selection = Selection::find($id); 

You can then can the update() method on that:

$selection->update($request->all());