record in Create Record is null

According to the docs, this should output the record before it gets created, however it shows up null.

class CreateTest extends CreateRecord
{
    protected static string $resource = TestResource::class;

    protected function beforeCreate(): void
    {
        $record = $this->getRecord();
        dd($record);
    }
}

class CreateTest extends CreateRecord
{
    protected static string $resource = TestResource::class;

    protected function beforeCreate(): void
    {
        $record = $this->getRecord();
        dd($record);
    }
}

Any idea why?

6 Replies

Matthew•6mo ago

Is this a mistake? How can you have a record before you create? anyone?

Tobias Platen•6mo ago

Looks to me like a copy error in the documentation. In the EditRecord class, the getRecord() method should, as documented, return the corresponding model. However, in the CreateRecord class, the getRecord() method will only return the model in the last lifecycle hook afterCreate(). Before that, you will receive null. To access the data before that, you will need to use $this->form->getState(). Do you have an example case in which the $this->halt() method can be correctly explained?

Matthew•6mo ago

Yes I do!

    protected function beforeCreate(): void
    {
        $inputData = $this->data;
        if (Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $inputData['deadline'], config('app.timezone'))->isPast()){
            $this->halt();
        }
    }

    protected function beforeCreate(): void
    {
        $inputData = $this->data;
        if (Carbon::createFromFormat('Y-m-d H:i:s', $inputData['deadline'], config('app.timezone'))->isPast()){
            $this->halt();
        }
    }

krekas•6mo ago

think about it. how can $this->getRecord() be not null if record isn't created yet? can you post the link to docs

Tobias Platen•6mo ago

This is more for validation purposes. The $this->halt() method should already be demonstrated with an example that cannot be easily resolved through validation alone.

krekas•6mo ago

For validation purpose? That's what validation is for

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record in Create Record is null