[FIXED] ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE in Eloquent

Issue

I just started laravel and all I want to do is get following query working in Eloquent:

INSERT INTO geschichte (geschichte_id, 
                        geschichte_text1, 
                        geschichte_text2, 
                        geschichte_text3) 
VALUES (:geschichte_id, 
        :geschichte_text1, 
        :geschichte_text2, 
        :geschichte_text3) 
ON DUPLICATE KEY 
UPDATE geschichte_id = :geschichte_id, 
       geschichte_text1 = :geschichte_text1, 
       geschichte_text2 = :geschichte_text2, 
       geschichte_text3 = :geschichte_text3;

Controller function

public function alterGeschichte(Request $request)
{
    $geschichte1 = new Geschichte;
    $geschichte2 = new Geschichte;
    $geschichte3 = new Geschichte;

    $geschichte1 = Geschichte::updateOrCreate(
       ['id' => 1],
       ['geschichte_text1' => $request->geschichte_text1]
    );
    $geschichte2 = Geschichte::updateOrCreate(
       ['id' => 2],
       ['geschichte_text2' => $request->geschichte_text2]
    );
    $geschichte3 = Geschichte::updateOrCreate(
       ['id' => 3],
       ['geschichte_text3' => $request->geschichte_text3]
    );

    $geschichte1->save();
    $geschichte2->save();
    $geschichte3->save();

    return redirect('/geschichte');
}

The problem in more detail

I cannot get the 'on duplicate key update' part to work.
There always is a new entry created for every time I update. I would like the id always to be the same for every entry and just overwrite the older entry with that id.

I would be very thankful for any kind of help. I am struggling with this from hours...

UPDATE

<?php

use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;

class CreateGeschichteTable extends Migration
{
    /**
     * Run the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function up()
    {
        Schema::create('geschichte', function (Blueprint $table) {
            $table->increments('id');
            $table->text('geschichte_text1');
            $table->text('geschichte_text2');
            $table->text('geschichte_text3');
            $table->timestamps();
        });
    }

    /**
     * Reverse the migrations.
     *
     * @return void
     */
    public function down()
    {
        Schema::drop('geschichte');
    }
}

Solution

Most of what is in your controller should not be necessary. I am also a little concerned about the database structure you are using as to why you would perform a task like shown in your controller. The following should be all you need:

public function alterGeschichte(Request $request)
{
    Geschichte::updateOrCreate(
       ['id' => 1],
       ['id' => 1, 'geschichte_text1' => $request->geschichte_text1]
    );

    Geschichte::updateOrCreate(
       ['id' => 2],
       ['id' => 2, 'geschichte_text2' => $request->geschichte_text2]
    );

    Geschichte::updateOrCreate(
       ['id' => 3],
       ['id' => 3, 'geschichte_text3' => $request->geschichte_text3]
    );

    return redirect('/geschichte');
}

If these are creating new records it is most likely because there is no record with those ID's.

Answered By - Alex Harris