Fetched product data form the blade

app/Http/Controllers/ProductAdController.php

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
+use App\Http\Requests\CreateProductAdRequest;
 use App\Models\Category;
 use App\Models\ProductAd;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
@@ -29,9 +30,10 @@ public function create()
     /**
      * Store a newly created resource in storage.
      */
-    public function store(Request $request)
+    public function store(CreateProductAdRequest $request)
     {
-        //
+        $selectedCategories = $request->all('categories');
+        dd($selectedCategories);
     }
 
     /**

app/Http/Requests/CreateProductAdRequest.php

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Http\Requests;
+
+use Illuminate\Foundation\Http\FormRequest;
+
+class CreateProductAdRequest extends FormRequest
+{
+    /**
+     * Determine if the user is authorized to make this request.
+     */
+    public function authorize(): bool
+    {
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the validation rules that apply to the request.
+     *
+     * @return array<string, \Illuminate\Contracts\Validation\ValidationRule|array<mixed>|string>
+     */
+    public function rules(): array
+    {
+        return [
+            'user_id' => ['required', 'bail', 'exists:users,id'],
+            'product_title' => ['required', 'bail'],
+            'product_description' => ['required', 'bail'],
+            'product_price' => ['required', 'bail'],
+            'product_tag' => ['required', 'bail'],
+            'product_image' => ['required', 'image', 'mimes:jpeg,png,jpg,gif,svg', 'max:2048'],
+            'categories' => ['required','array'],
+        ];
+    }
+}

app/Models/ProductAd.php

@@ -19,4 +19,13 @@ class ProductAd extends Model
         'product_tag',
         'image_path',
     ];
+    public function user()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsTo(User::class);
+    }
+
+    public function categories()
+    {
+        return $this->belongsToMany(Category::class);
+    }
 }

resources/views/userend/create-product.blade.php

@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@
     <section>
         <div class="form-container">
             <span>Create an Ad</span>
-            <form action="" method="post">
+            <form action="{{ route('product-ad-post') }}" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+              @csrf
                 <div class="mb-3">
                     <label for="product_title" class="form-label">Product Title</label>
                     <input type="text" class="form-control" name="product_title" id="exampleFormControlInput1" placeholder="Enter Product Title">
@@ -33,17 +34,18 @@
                     <input type="text" class="form-control" name="product_tag" id="exampleFormControlInput1" placeholder="Enter Product Tag">
                   </div>
                   <div class="mb-3">
-                    <label for="formFile" class="form-label">Upload Product Image</label>
-                    <input class="form-control" type="file" id="formFile">
+                    <label for="formFile" class="form-label">Upload Product Image (Max: 2MB)</label>
+                    <input class="form-control" type="file" id="formFile" name="product_image">
                   </div>
                   <div class="mb-3">
-                    <select class="form-select" size="3" aria-label="size 3 select example" id="categories">
-                        <option selected value="">Select Categories</option>
+                    <label for="formFile" class="form-label">Select Categories</label>
+                    <select class="form-select" size="3" aria-label="size 3 select example" id="categories" name="categories[]" multiple>
                         @foreach ($mainParent as $parentCategory)
                           @include('userend.commonComponents.create-product-category', ['category' => $parentCategory])
                         @endforeach
                       </select>
                   </div>
+                  <input type="hidden" name="user_id" value="{{ auth()->id() }}">
                   <input class="btn btn-primary" type="submit" value="Create Ad">
                   <span class="error-message">
                     @if(session('message'))
@@ -52,7 +54,7 @@
 
                     @if($errors->any())
                         @foreach ($errors->all() as $error)
-                            {{ $error}} <br>
+                            {{ $error }} <br>
                         @endforeach                    
                     @endif
                     </span>

routes/web.php

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
                 //guest route protection
 Route::middleware(['guest.authenticate'])->group(function () {
     Route::get('product-ad', [ProductAdController::class, 'index'])->name('product-ad-form');
+    Route::post('product-ad',[ProductAdController::class, 'store'])->name('product-ad-post');
 });