How to solve this error: "Creating default object from empty value"

Question

I have the following code in one of my controllers:

public function branch(Request $request){
    $name = $request->input('name');
    $code = $request->input('code');

    $branch->name = $name;
    $branch->code = $code;

    $branch->save();
}

And when I run the code, I have this error:

Creating default object from empty value

Please help! Am a beginner. Laravel 5.

EDIT

Here's my whole code:

use App\branch;
class AddController extends Controller {

public function branch(Request $request){

    $branch->name = $request->input('name');
    $branch->code = $request->input('code');

    $branch->save();
}

What is $branch supposed to be, do you mean to create a specific kind of object there? — jeroen
– jeroen, Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 12:55
I'm not familiar with laravel but that sounds extremely unlikely. Do you perhaps mean something like $this->branch? — jeroen
– jeroen, Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 12:58
No... branch is an eloquent model... It's included like this use App\branch — Faizuddin Mohammed
– Faizuddin Mohammed, Commented Mar 28, 2015 at 13:05

Goper Leo Zosa · Accepted Answer · 2015-10-08 02:33:44Z

2

You need to add this:

$branch = new branch();

if you wish to add a new record.

And if you want to update rows you need to find the data first.

$branch = Branch::find(primaryId);

or if you have no primary key us this

$branch = Branch::where(['columnName' => value]);

answered Oct 8, 2015 at 2:33

Goper Leo Zosa

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Faizuddin Mohammed · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-28 13:29:40Z

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I simply had to add

$branch = new branch;

answered Mar 28, 2015 at 13:29

Faizuddin Mohammed

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