Roles & Permissions Applied Using Seeder – Update Not Reflecting

[ajaytusavada]

Description

I assigned permissions to a role using a seeder in Laravel, but whenever the admin changes the permissions of that role later, those changes are not reflected or working for the users assigned to that role; only the old permissions from the seeder continue to work.

Expected Behavior

The roles and permissions should be applied correctly, and any updates should be visible to users based on their roles.

Actual Behavior

After running the seeder, roles and permissions are applied, but updates do not seem to work as intended. The system does not reflect changes based on the applied roles.

Seeder Code:

Here’s the seeder code that applies the roles and permissions:

// seeder 

public function run(): void
{
    // Disable foreign key checks
    DB::statement('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=0;');

    // Truncate tables
    Role::truncate();
    Permission::truncate();

    // Re-enable foreign key checks
    DB::statement('SET FOREIGN_KEY_CHECKS=1;');

    app()[\Spatie\Permission\PermissionRegistrar::class]->forgetCachedPermissions();

    $permissions = [
        'dashboard-read',
        'employee-read',
        'employee-write',
        'role-permission-read',
        'role-permission-write',
        'order-read',
        'dining-area-read',
        'dining-area-write',
        'coupon-read',
        'coupon-write',
        'menu-read',
        'menu-write',
        'table-read',
        'table-write',
        'setting-read',
        'setting-write',
        'inventory-system'
    ];

    foreach ($permissions as $permission) {
        Permission::create([
            'name' => $permission,
            'guard_name' => 'employee'
        ]);
    }

    $restaurants = Restaurant::all();

    foreach ($restaurants as $restaurant) {
        $roles = [
            'waiter',
            'chef',
            'food_court'
        ];
        foreach ($roles as $role) {
            $role = Role::firstOrCreate([
                'name' => $role,
                'guard_name' => 'employee',
                'restaurant_id' => $restaurant->id
            ]);
            $role->givePermissionTo($permissions);
        }
    }
}

// update method

public function update(Request $request, Role $role)
{
    $request->validate([
        'name' => 'required',
        'permissions' => 'array|min:1',
        'permissions.*' => 'exists:permissions,id',
    ]);

    try {
        DB::beginTransaction();
        $role->update(['name' => $request->name]);
        if (!empty($request->permissions)) {
            $permissions = Permission::whereIn('id', $request->permissions)->get();
            $role->syncPermissions($permissions);
        } else {
            $role->syncPermissions([]);
        }
        app()[PermissionRegistrar::class]->forgetCachedPermissions();
        DB::commit();
        return redirect()->route('admin.roles-permissions.index')->with('success', 'Role updated successfully');
    } catch (\Exception $e) {
        DB::rollBack();
        return redirect()->back()->withErrors(['error' => 'Something went wrong'])->withInput();
    }
}