Laravel Blog Post CRUD

php artisan make:model Post -m

// database/migrations/xxxx_xx_xx_create_posts_table.php
Schema::create('posts', function (Blueprint $table) {
  $table->id();
  $table->string('title');
  $table->string('slug')->unique();
  $table->text('body');
  $table->string('image')->nullable();
  $table->timestamps();
});

php artisan migrate

// app/Models/Post.php
namespace App\Models;


use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;
use Illuminate\Support\Str;


class Post extends Model
{
  protected $fillable = ['title', 'slug', 'body', 'image'];


  protected static function booted()
  {
    static::creating(function ($post) {
      $post->slug = Str::slug($post->title);
    });
  }
}

php artisan make:controller PostController --resource

// app/Http/Controllers/PostController.php
namespace App\Http\Controllers;


use App\Models\Post;
use Illuminate\Http\Request;
use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Storage;


class PostController extends Controller
{
  public function index()
  {
    $posts = Post::latest()->paginate(6);
    return view('posts.index', compact('posts'));
  }


  public function create()
  {
    return view('posts.create');
  }


  public function store(Request $request)
  {
    $validated = $request->validate([
      'title' => 'required|max:255',
      'body' => 'required',
      'image' => 'nullable|image|max:2048'
    ]);


    if ($request->hasFile('image')) {
      $validated['image'] = $request->file('image')->store('posts', 'public');
    }


    Post::create($validated);


    return redirect()->route('posts.index')->with('success', 'Post created successfully!');
  }


  public function show(Post $post)
  {
    return view('posts.show', compact('post'));
  }


  public function edit(Post $post)
  {
    return view('posts.edit', compact('post'));
  }


  public function update(Request $request, Post $post)
  {
    $validated = $request->validate([
      'title' => 'required|max:255',
      'body' => 'required',
      'image' => 'nullable|image|max:2048'
    ]);


    if ($request->hasFile('image')) {
      if ($post->image) Storage::disk('public')->delete($post->image);
      $validated['image'] = $request->file('image')->store('posts', 'public');
    }


    $post->update($validated);


    return redirect()->route('posts.index')->with('success', 'Post updated!');
  }


  public function destroy(Post $post)
  {
    if ($post->image) Storage::disk('public')->delete($post->image);
    $post->delete();
    return redirect()->route('posts.index')->with('success', 'Post deleted.');
  }
}

// routes/web.php
Route::resource('posts', PostController::class);

<!-- resources/views/posts/index.blade.php -->
@extends('layouts.app')


@section('content')
<div class="max-w-5xl mx-auto py-6">
 <a href="{{ route('posts.create') }}" class="bg-blue-600 text-white px-4 py-2 rounded">+ New Post</a>


 <div class="grid md:grid-cols-2 gap-6 mt-6">
  @foreach($posts as $post)
   <div class="bg-white rounded shadow p-4">
    @if($post->image)
     <img src="{{ asset('storage/'.$post->image) }}" class="w-full h-48 object-cover rounded">
    @endif
    <h3 class="text-lg font-bold mt-2">{{ $post->title }}</h3>
    <p class="text-gray-600 text-sm mt-1">{{ Str::limit($post->body, 120) }}</p>
    <a href="{{ route('posts.show', $post) }}" class="text-blue-600 hover:underline text-sm mt-2 inline-block">Read More</a>
   </div>
  @endforeach
 </div>


 <div class="mt-6">{{ $posts->links() }}</div>
</div>
@endsection

<!-- resources/views/posts/create.blade.php -->
@extends('layouts.app')


@section('content')
<div class="max-w-xl mx-auto py-6">
 <form action="{{ route('posts.store') }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="space-y-4">
  @csrf
  <div>
   <label class="block font-medium">Title</label>
   <input type="text" name="title" class="w-full border px-3 py-2 rounded" required>
  </div>
  <div>
   <label class="block font-medium">Body</label>
   <textarea name="body" class="w-full border px-3 py-2 rounded" rows="5"></textarea>
  </div>
  <div>
   <label class="block font-medium">Image</label>
   <input type="file" name="image" class="w-full">
  </div>
  <button class="bg-blue-600 text-white px-4 py-2 rounded">Save Post</button>
 </form>
</div>
@endsection

<!-- resources/views/posts/edit.blade.php -->
@extends('layouts.app')


@section('content')
<div class="max-w-xl mx-auto py-6">
 <form action="{{ route('posts.update', $post) }}" method="POST" enctype="multipart/form-data" class="space-y-4">
  @csrf
  @method('PUT')
  <div>
   <label class="block font-medium">Title</label>
   <input type="text" name="title" value="{{ $post->title }}" class="w-full border px-3 py-2 rounded" required>
  </div>
  <div>
   <label class="block font-medium">Body</label>
   <textarea name="body" class="w-full border px-3 py-2 rounded" rows="5">{{ $post->body }}</textarea>
  </div>
  <div>
   <label class="block font-medium">Image</label>
   <input type="file" name="image" class="w-full">
   @if($post->image)
    <img src="{{ asset('storage/'.$post->image) }}" class="w-32 mt-2 rounded">
   @endif
  </div>
  <button class="bg-green-600 text-white px-4 py-2 rounded">Update Post</button>
 </form>
</div>
@endsection

<form action="{{ route('posts.destroy', $post) }}" method="POST" onsubmit="return confirm('Are you sure?')" class="mt-4">
 @csrf
 @method('DELETE')
 <button class="bg-red-600 text-white px-3 py-1 rounded">Delete Post</button>
</form>

php artisan storage:link