update model illuminate eloquent (laravel database)

fooModel.php

# once i come accross this, seams to be a good thing to remember ..
# it creates a new record on database table and automatically replace objects attributes with the new created record

class fooModel
{
    public function create(array $data)
    {
        if (!isset($data['id'])) {
            $data['id'] = rand(0,999);
        }
        $new = new static;
        $new = parent::create($data);
        $this->attributes = $new->attributes;
        $this->original = $new->original;

        return $this;
    }
}