From fb31d914760be1386f256954de5ecd7f6e288de0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Long <rl@tfmm.co>
Date: Fri, 1 May 2026 14:14:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] fix: ensure judgingentry always fetches data regardless of
 request method

---
 app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php | 34 +++++++++++-------------
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php
index df209b3..6000c7c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/PagesController.php
@@ -377,25 +377,23 @@ class PagesController extends Controller
     }
     public function judgingentry(Request $judgingentry_req)
     {
-        if (!$judgingentry_req->vehnum) {
-            $judges = \App\Models\Judges::all();
-            $vehicles = \App\Models\Vehicles::all();
-            return view('judgingentry', ['judges' => $judges, 'vehicles' => $vehicles]);
-        }
-        $vehicle = $judgingentry_req->vehnum;
-        $judge = $judgingentry_req->judgenum;
-        $score = $judgingentry_req->vehscore;
-        $bidder_insert = VehicleScores::updateOrCreate(
-            [
-            'vehicle' => $vehicle,
-            'judge' => $judge 
-            ],
-            [
-            'overall_score' => $score
-            ]
-        );
+        $judges = \App\Models\Judges::all();
+        $vehicles = \App\Models\Vehicles::all();
 
-        return redirect('judgingentry');
+        if ($judgingentry_req->isMethod('post')) {
+            $vehicle = $judgingentry_req->vehnum;
+            $judge = $judgingentry_req->judgenum;
+            $score = $judgingentry_req->vehscore;
+            
+            VehicleScores::updateOrCreate(
+                ['vehicle' => $vehicle, 'judge' => $judge],
+                ['overall_score' => $score]
+            );
+
+            return redirect('judgingentry');
+        }
+
+        return view('judgingentry', ['judges' => $judges, 'vehicles' => $vehicles]);
     }
 
     public function showcars(Request $showcar_req)