LARAVEL 9 – Get User ID for user management

September 6, 2022

I’m creating a users management with Laravel 9, I am an administrator and I would like to change users to admins whenever I like 🙂

For example this user ->

I wrote this code ->

        public function UpdateToAdminAction(Request $request) {

        $request->validate([
            'type' => 'required|exists:users',
        ]);

        DB::table('users')->update(
            ['type' => $request->type]
        );

        return redirect('/gestion-administrateurs');
    }

But I cannot update THIS user’s type, this code changes ALL users’ types lol, it’s not what I wanted. Do you know with this code, how can I change THIS user’s type ?

Thanks, I hope you’ll understand my request ^^

>Solution :

You need to pass user ID as route part, or as request param

For example, you may create following route for updating users:

// Dont forget to protect this route with middleware like "can:edit-users"!
Route::post('/user/{id}', 'UserController@update');

then, render in template button to made user admin:

<form method="post" action="/user/{{ $user->id }}">
    @csrf
    <input type="hidden" name="type" value="admin">
    <button type="submit">Make admin</button>
</form>

And create update method:

public function update(Request $request)
{
    $request->validate([
        'type' => 'required|exists:users',
    ]);

    DB::table('users')
        ->where('id', $request->id)
        ->update(
            ['type' => $request->type]
        );

    return redirect('/somewhere');
}