John Davidson

Message:

I am working on a laravel project and trying to duplicate a record in mysql db.
after replication I want to set a field value to null(appointment_status).
everything is working except the new record's value (appointment_status) is the same as the original record even tho I set it to null.

    $newAppointment = $appointment->replicate();

    //push to get the id for the cloned record

    $newAppointment->push();

    $newAppointment->duplicated_from_id = $appointment->id;

    $newAppointment->appointment_status = null;

    $newAppointment->save();

    //updating the old appointment

    $appointment->duplicated_to_id = $newAppointment->id;

    $appointment->save();

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My Answer:
To set a field to null in Laravel, you can use the `setAttribute` method instead of directly setting the property. Here's how you can modify your code to set the `appointment_status` field to null:

php
$newAppointment = $appointment->replicate();
$newAppointment->push();
$newAppointment->duplicated_from_id = $appointment->id;
$newAppointment->setAttribute('appointment_status', null);
$newAppointment->save();

$appointment->duplicated_to_id = $newAppointment->id;
$appointment->save();


By using the `setAttribute` method, you can set the field to null and save the record with the updated value.