/**
* Returns an array of $id => $name values for every category to display in an HTML select.
*
* @param bool $idInName
*
* @return array
*/
public function getSelectList($idInName = true)
{
$categories = Cache::rememberForever('categorySelectList', function () {
$list = [];
/** @var Category[] $cats */
$cats = Category::topLevel()->orderBy('name')->with('subcategories')->get();
/**
* @param array $list
* @param Category[] $cats
* @param int $level
*/
function appendCats(&$list, $cats, $level = 0)
{
foreach ($cats as $cat) {
$list[$cat->id] = str_repeat(" ", $level) . $cat->name;
appendCats($list, $cat->subcategories()->orderBy('name')->get(), $level + 1);
}
}
appendCats($list, $cats);
return $list;
});
if ($idInName) {
foreach ($categories as $id => $name) {
$categories[$id] = $name . " [{$id}]";
}
}
return $categories;
}
/**
* @api {get} /categories Get Top Level Categories
* @apiGroup Categories
* @apiDescription Returns a list of top-level categories.
*
* @return \Illuminate\Http\Response
*/
public function index()
{
$categories = Category::topLevel()->with('subcategories')->with('stickers')->orderBy('name')->get();
return $this->response(['categories' => $categories]);
}
