You don't need any different code in your controller to process this form. All your (named) form variables will be in Input::all().
The model ($user) you pass in
Form::model($user, array('route' => array('user.update', $user->id)))
Is just any record you need to, if you have more than one table involved, you'll have to do something like
$user = User::where('id',$userID)
->leftJoin('users_addresses', 'users_addresses.user_id', '=', 'users.id')
->first();
And pass this composed model to your Form::model().
How you name your inputs is entirely up to you, because you'll have to write the logic to process your form. But, in my opinion users_address[street] for the address inputs is good, because you'll end up with an array of addresses columns that you can pass right away to your UserAddress model.
<html>
<head>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>
{{ Form::model($user, array('route' => array('user.update', $user->id))) }}
{{ Form::label('first_name', 'First Name:', array('class' => 'address')) }}
{{ Form::text('first_name') }}
{{ Form::label('last_name', 'Last Name:', array('class' => 'address')) }}
{{ Form::text('last_name') }}
{{ Form::label('email', 'E-Mail Address', array('class' => 'address')) }}
{{ Form::text('email') }}
{{ Form::label('address[street1]', 'Address (Street 1)', array('class' => 'address')) }}
{{ Form::text('address[street1]') }}
{{ Form::label('address[street2]', 'Address (Street 2)', array('class' => 'address')) }}
{{ Form::text('address[street2]') }}
{{ Form::label('ddress[city]', 'City', array('class' => 'address')) }}
{{ Form::text('address[city]') }}
{{ Form::label('address[state]', 'State', array('class' => 'address')) }}
{{ Form::text('address[state]') }}
{{ Form::label('address[zip]', 'Zip Code', array('class' => 'address')) }}
{{ Form::text('address[zip]') }}
{{ Form::submit('Send this form!') }}
{{ Form::close() }}
</body>
</html>
And if you do dd( Input::all() ) in your controller, you'll get something like this:
This result is provided by Kint's dd(): https://github.com/raveren/kint. Really helpful.
If your form just have fields from a single Model, your update method can be very simple and look something like:
public function update($id)
{
$user = User::find($id);
if (!$user->update(Input::all())) {
return Redirect::back()
->with('message', 'Something wrong happened while saving your model')
->withInput();
}
return Redirect::route('user.saved')
->with('message', 'User updated.');
}
On forms a little bit more complex, coders will have to add more logic to their controllers, in you case with a little bit more of research I think you can make this happen:
public function update($id)
{
$user = User::find($id);
$inputs = Input::all();
if (!$user->update($inputs)) {
$address = new UserAddress($inputs['address']);
$user->address()->save($address);
...
}
...
}
