From f5e66ed25f2705a7a1ab47f15d63474273c9e5ae Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claas Augner <github@caugner.de>
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:46:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow to call BelongsToMany::firstOrNew/Create without
 parameters

---
 src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
index a5166fb4910c..58c64ea5c51a 100755
--- a/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
+++ b/src/Illuminate/Database/Eloquent/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
@@ -596,7 +596,7 @@ public function findOrNew($id, $columns = ['*'])
      * @param  array  $attributes
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
      */
-    public function firstOrNew(array $attributes)
+    public function firstOrNew(array $attributes = [])
     {
         if (is_null($instance = $this->related->where($attributes)->first())) {
             $instance = $this->related->newInstance($attributes);
@@ -614,7 +614,7 @@ public function firstOrNew(array $attributes)
      * @param  bool  $touch
      * @return \Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model
      */
-    public function firstOrCreate(array $attributes, array $values = [], array $joining = [], $touch = true)
+    public function firstOrCreate(array $attributes = [], array $values = [], array $joining = [], $touch = true)
     {
         if (is_null($instance = $this->related->where($attributes)->first())) {
             $instance = $this->create($attributes + $values, $joining, $touch);