$request->model("post_id") to get a model directly from a request

[khalyomede]

I often have to write this code in many controllers

class PostController extends Controller
{
  public function store(Request $request)
  {
    $title = $request->string("title");
    $tagId = $request->string("tag_id");
    $tag = Tag::find($tagId) ?? Tag::default();
    $post = Post::create(["title" => $title, "tag" => $tag->id]); 
    
    return to_route("post.show", $post);
  }
}

As a shorthand I whish we could get a model directly from a request like this

class PostController extends Controller
{
  public function store(Request $request)
  {
    $tag = $request->model("tag_id", Tag::default());
    $title = $request->string("title");
    $post = Post::create(["title" => $title, "tag" => $tag->id]);

    return to_route("post.show", $post);
  
  }
}

What do you think?

[henzeb]

That models should not be in a controller... Either a service or a repository would be better...

Also, if you validated your tag id, there's no need for retrieving the entire tag just so you have the id again...