saving data to the database

im trying to save data to the database but im getting an error Creating default object from empty value

namespace App\Http\Controllers;

use Illuminate\Http\Request; use App\Message;

class MessageController extends Controller { public function submit(Request $request){ $this->validate($request, [ 'name' => 'required', 'email' => 'required'

]);

//create a new message
$messge= new Message;

$message->name=$request->name;
$message->email = $request->email;
$message->message = $request->message;

//message save

$message -> save();
return redirect('/');

} }

via Chebli Mohamed