Disable repeatable relationship automatic linked models creation?

[julienmru]

I updated an old project on Backpack 4.1 where I had custom code to create children items on a repeatable field.

Here's my setup:

I have Event model & crud controller, on which I set a repeatable for a field dates:

       CRUD::addField([
            'name'  => 'dates',
            'label' => 'Dates',
            'type'  => 'repeatable',
            'fields' => [
                  ...
            ]
       );

Date is also a model, with the relation defined in Event:

class Event extends Model implements HasMedia
{
    ....
    public function dates()
    {
        return $this->hasMany(Date::class)->orderBy('starts_at', 'asc');
    }
    ....
}

Let me know if that's not clear : )

Here's my issue:

Backpack has evolved (well done!) and automagically creates the items in a relation when using a repeatable field (from the Event controller to the Date model in my case) but it's not working as I'd expect it to work because it deletes all linked Date and creates new ones, thus changing my IDs.

Long story short, is there a way to disable the creation on linked models in Backpack? I'd like to keep some logic at my end.

[pxpm]

Hey @julienmru I think 'entity => false' is what you are looking for, and for "complete" control you can just overwrite backpack create and update functions from CreateOperation and UpdateOperation respectively.

AFAIK, HasMany shouldn't be deleting and recreating, as it runs updateOrCreate() https://github.com/Laravel-Backpack/CRUD/blob/fa64c2eba69ddbc85eeb698f283ecbe0fd925669/src/app/Library/CrudPanel/Traits/Create.php#L312

Maybe something is not properly setup, or you are using some previous buggy version? You can check that with php artisan backpack:version.

If you want to keep exploring this and/or entity false does not work for you have a look at the HasMany relation docs

Let me know if that helps.

Cheers

[jcastroa87]

Hi @julienmru did you have a chance to check about @pxpm answer?

Please, let us know if you need anything else. Meanwhile, i will close the issue, but please feel free to re-open or create a new one if needed.