Crud: Access the model itself on *CrudController

[apair]

The scenario is I want to add an array as a default value for an element of $this->crud->addFields() method and this array should be filled with data of the current model.
so how can I access the current model in *crudController?

My solution is to use Route to find out what is the ID of the model : (my model is Coupon)

\Route::current()->parameters['coupon'])

that return 208 as an ID of the model from its path admin/coupon/208/edit

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[tabacitu]

Hi @apair ,

Inside the controller you'll always have access to $this->crud, so you can do $this->crud->getModel(). But if you need the actual entry, inside an operation like EDIT, you should be able to use $this->crud->getCurrentEntry().

If you need the CRUD inside a view (like a custom field view), you'll have $crud instead of $this->crud.

Hope it helps.
Cheers!