Question

How can I update multiple fields in an Eloquent model? Let’s say I got it like this:

$user = User::where("username", "=", "rok");

And then I have all these model parameters:

$new_user_data = array("email" => "[e-mail]", "is_superuser" => 1, ...);

I can’t just do:

$user->update($new_user_data);

What’s the proper way? I hope not a foreach.

The following does work, however. Is this the way to go?

User::where("id", "=", $user->id)->update($new_user_data);

The problem with the last one (besides it being clunky) is that when using it from an object context, the updated fields are not visible in the $this variable.

Answer 1

The method you’re looking for is fill():

$user = User::where ("username","rok"); // note that this shortcut is available if the comparison is =
$new_user_data = array(...);
$user->fill($new_user_data);
$user->save();

Actually, you could do $user->fill($new_user_data)->save(); but I find the separate statements a little easier to read and debug.